Automatically Update Field "A" With Date/Time When Field "B" is Set to "Yes"

[Fabio S]

I have two custom fields: "A" and "B". I would like to know if there's a way to automate field "A" so when field "B" is set to "Yes", field "A" is automatically filled with the "date and time" when the field "B" was set to "Yes".

Right now I'm able to do that but I'm using "Behaviors" and, every time I edit the issue, it updates the field with the current date and time again.

[andreas]

Hi Fabio,

I am one of the founders of Code Barrel and we make Automation for JIRA.

It should be fairly easy to achieve this with Automation for JIRA. You could setup an Automation rule like this:

• Trigger: Field value changed (with field A)
• Condition: Compare {{toString}} to 'Yes'
• Action: Edit issue field and set the date field you want to set. You can use the {{now}} date smart value (see working with dates)

The field value changed trigger will only run the rule when the particular field A is edited.  The condition will make sure the issue is only edited when the field was set to 'Yes'.

Cheers,
  Andreas

[Fabio S]

Thsi is the script I'm using now:

import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField

FormField automated = getFieldById(fieldChanged)
FormField automatedDate = getFieldByName("Automated Date")
String automatedValue = automated.getValue()
String automatedDateValue = automatedDate.getValue()
Date now = new Date()
String nowString = now.format('dd/MMM/yy hh:mm a')

if (automatedValue == "Yes") {
    automatedDate.setFormValue(nowString)
}
else {
    automatedDate.setFormValue("")
}

I tried to modify the "if" to something like that:

if (automatedValue == "Yes" && automatedDateValue == "")

but then the "Automated" field is blank all the time.

[Fabio S]

This is the script I'm using:

import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField

FormField automated = getFieldById(fieldChanged)
FormField automatedDate = getFieldByName("Automated Date")
String automatedValue = automated.getValue()
String automatedDateValue = automatedDate.getValue()
Date now = new Date()
String nowString = now.format('dd/MMM/yy hh:mm a')

if (automatedValue == "Yes") {
    automatedDate.setFormValue(nowString)
}
else {
    automatedDate.setFormValue("")
}