Scripted field for status of Epic

[Jeroen van der Veen]

I want to have a scripted field in my development tickets which can show me the current status of the linked Epic. This can help me create an overview for my releases.

We have Scriptrunner , JCMF and Automation for Jira.

I have looked at a lot of scripts through this forum, but none which does the trick for me.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

[PD Sheehan · Accepted solution]

Assuming you want the workflow status of the epic (and not the internal epic status (new/in progress/done) ... you can do the following using a scriptrunner custom scripted field:

Give your new field a name: Status Of Epic

Set template = Custom

Put the following in the template:

#set ($componentAccessor = $constantsManager.getClass().forName('com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor').newInstance())
#set ($cfManager = $componentAccessor.customFieldManager)
#set ($epicLinkField = $cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName('Epic Link'))
#set ($epic = $issue.getCustomFieldValue($epicLinkField))
#set ($status = $epic.status)
<span 
   class="jira-issue-status-lozenge aui-lozenge 
      jira-issue-status-lozenge-$status.statusCategory.colorName" 
   data-tooltip="
     <span class=&quot;jira-issue-status-tooltip-title&quot;>
       $status.descTranslation
     </span>
   " 
>
   $status.nameTranslation
</span>

Then in the Inline Script:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
def cfManager = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager
def epicLinkField = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName('Epic Link')

def epic = issue.getCustomFieldValue(epicLinkField)
epic.status.name

 If you don't care about displaying the status like it does for the current issue (with lozenge and color) then your can just set template=text

[Jeroen van der Veen]

Thanks a bunch, exactly what I was looking for and works like a charm!

[StayAtHome]

Perfect!

[Nhac Tat Nguyen]

@PD Sheehan will this works with JQL search?

[PD Sheehan]

Yes, but with some limitations.

A scripted field on issue A based on status in Issue B will be calculated and added to index when A is changed or indexed.

If issue B changes status, the indexed data will be stale (still have the old value) until issue A is updated/indexed again.

[TSD Group]

@PD Sheehan thanks for this! Really helpful!

[Pete Singleton]

If you want to show the field on the children of the Epic, you can use the JMCF custom field "Parent Status Field".  

[Jeroen van der Veen]

I've tried this, and found I only got the status for parents of Sub-tasks.

The use case I have is for stories/bugs.