How to Use Issue Pickers in Automation Rules
Integrate VIP.LEAN Issue Pickers with Jira Automation Rules. Learn how to set, augment, and transfer Issue Picker values, and utilize attributes from selected issues.
1. Introduction
Required Jira Role: Jira Software Administrator
Dive into the enhanced functionalities of Jira Cloud's Advanced Issue Selector. This guide walks you through the various ways you can integrate and automate tasks using the Advanced Issue Selector.
2. Integrating Issue Keys with Advanced Issue Selector
Required Jira Role: Jira Software Administrator
2.1 Associate Specific Issue Keys
For a singular issue, use the following format:
{ "fields": { "customfield_XYZ": ["ABC-1"] } }For multiple issues simultaneously:
{ "fields": { "customfield_XYZ": ["ABC-1", "ABC-2"] } }2.2 Augmenting Selected Issues
If you wish to include an additional issue without replacing the current selections in the Advanced Issue Selector, use:
{ "fields": { "customfield_XYZ": [{#customfield_XYZ}"{.}",{/}"ABC-100"] } }2.3 Transferring Selections Between Fields
To replicate selected issues from one field to another, employ the following structure:
{ "fields": { "customfield_XYZ": [{#customfield_ABC}"{.}"{^end},{/}{/}] } }3. Utilizing Attributes from Selected Issues
Required Jira Role: Jira Software Administrator
For single-issue selections in the Advanced Issue Selector, you can adapt the issue's attributes. For instance, to modify the assignee based on the current selection:
- Fetch issues using:
key in ({{issue.customfield_xyz}}) - Modify fields with:
{lookupIssues.first.assignee}
3.1 Establishing Issue Links During Creation
The Advanced Issue Selector doesn't inherently support issue linking during creation. However, with automation, you can link the newly created issue with selected ones using the 'blocked by' link type:
- Fetch issues with:
key in ({{issue.customfield_xyz}}) - Link issues using:
{lookupIssues}
3.2 Incorporating Newly Linked Issues
To automatically add new issue links to the Advanced Issue Selector fields, use:
{ "fields": { "customfield_XYZ": [{#customfield_XYZ}"{.}",{/}"{linkedIssue.key}"] } }3.3 Integrating Pre-existing Jira-native Linked Issues
For issues already linked in Jira, you can automate their addition to the Advanced Issue Selector:
- Fetch linked issues with:
issue IN linkedIssues({issue.key}, "blocked by") - Modify fields using:
{ "fields": { "customfield_XYZ": [{#customfield_XYZ}"{.}",{/}{#lookupIssues}"{key}"{^end}, {/}{/}] } }Integrate your CRM with other tools
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