On Tranisiton change "project phase" value based on reference Ticket

[Wolfgang Landes]

Hi, 
I would like to mark issues that are resolved based on what project phase they were resolved.

The project phases are manually updated in a reference issue in the same project.

Now my problem is that I don't know how to reference the value from the custom field from that reference ticket in the automation that triggers when issues get resolved.

Thanks

[John Funk]

Hi Wolfgang,

Can you share a screenshot of what you have so far and where you need assistance?

[Wolfgang Landes]

I want to mark tickets with a "Project Phase" based on the current value of "Project Phase" that is stored on a reference ticket that I could specify via key or jql.

[John Funk]

Thank you - that's helpful. 

You want to populate the Project Phase with a value that you want to copy from where? 

[Wolfgang Landes]

From a specific other ticket. I could reference the other ticket by JQL or my issue key.

[John Funk]

So probably a field from the issue that was transitioned? What is the name of the field on that issue that you want to copy to the Project Phase?

[Wolfgang Landes]

@John Funk  that one would have been easy ;-)
I am looking to get the value from a field that exists on another ticket than the ticket that triggers the automation.

[John Funk]

:-) 

So what's the connection back to the other ticket? Are the issue linked in someway?

[Wolfgang Landes]

No they are not linked. I just know the issue key.
So I need a smart value with: <issuekey>.<customfield>

[John Funk]

So, you want to hard code the issue key in the automation rule? 

[Wolfgang Landes]

Yes, I would be fine with that solution

[John Funk]

Unfortunately, Automation for Jira will not let you use the issue key for the condition. But could link the issues to each other and use that for the Condition.