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Learning Groovy

To learn more about the Groovy language:

• Introduction to Groovy: See Learn Groovy in Y minutes and Learn Groovy in one Video
• Tutorials - To learn in depth about Groovy you can refer these: Groovy with SmartThings and The Groovy 2 Tutorial
• References - See The Apache Groovy programming language and The Complete Apache Groovy Developer Course

Groovy in JMWE

Groovy in JMWE can be used either to write a Groovy expression or a Groovy template in the workflow extension configuration. 

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• Comment issue and Comment linked issues post-function to create the body of the comment by selecting Groovy template as the Comment type
• Create/Clone issue post-function to:
  • Set fields of new issue by selecting Groovy template as the Value type and 
  • Add a comment to the current issue by selecting Groovy template as the Comment type
• Set field value and Set field value of linked issues post-functions to set a field value by selecting Groovy template as the Value type
• Email issue post-function to write the Subject, HTML body and Text body
• Link issues to the current issue post-function to write JQL search expression

Writing Groovy script

You can learn writing groovy scripts by going through the below references:

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To learn how to write groovy scripts for JMWE, see:

• Groovy editor - This document explains you the Groovy editor in JMWE where you can write your Groovy script or Groovy template.
• Variables used in a groovy expression - This document explains you the variables available for your Groovy scripts and how to create new variables in your Groovy scripts.
• API Interfaces - The document details the API interfaces
• Accessing the fields of an issue - This document explains you on how to access the fields of an issue.
• Expected value for each field type when the value type is a Groovy expression - This document lists the expected values for each field type of your issue.
• Groovy templates - This document explains you on how to write Groovy templates in the Groovy editor

• Groovy script tester - This document explains the Groovy script tester which helps you test your written script or template and debug it.

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