Abstract
This code snippet concatenates two text fields ignoring null values
Logic
Access the text fields and concatenate them
Snippet
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org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject.metaClass.toString = {return ''} textutils.noNull(<First text field>) + "<Delimiter>" + textutils.noNull(<Second text field>) |
Placeholders
Placeholder | Description | Example |
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<First text field> | Accessing the first text field | linkedIssueissue.get("description").toString() |
"<Delimiter>" | Delimiter separating the text fields | "\n" |
<Second text field> | Accessing the second text field | issue.get("summary") |
Examples
The output of this code is a String which you could, for example use in:
A Groovy expression, for example to:
- Set a text field to the concatenation of two other text fields. Eg: The summary of the issue to the concatenation of two custom field values, say Customer Name and Machine details in:
- one of the Set Field Value post-functionsone of
the
Transition issue post-functions on the transition screens, if anytheCreate issue post-function under Set fields of new issue section
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textutils.noNull(issue.get("Customer Name")) +
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textutils.noNull(issue.get("Machine details"))
A Groovy template, for example to:
- Include the key and description of the issue in the comment while notifying the customer that when their issue has been resolved in one of the:
- Comment in one of the Comment issue post-functions
Subject/HTML body/Text body of Email issue post-function
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Your issue
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<%=textutils.noNull(issue.getKey())
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%> -
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<%=textutils.noNull(issue.get("
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description"))
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%> has been resolved.
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- Compare the text in a conditional execution script to:
- Run a post-function
- Run a condition
- Run a validator
- Unlink issues
Reference
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