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Abstract

This code snippet concatenates two text fields ignoring null values

Logic

Access the text fields and concatenate them

Snippet

org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject.metaClass.toString = {return ''}
textutils.noNull(<First text field>) + "<Delimiter>" + textutils.noNull(<Second text field>)

Placeholders

<First text field>

linkedIssueissue.get("description").toString()

"<Delimiter>"

<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-functions

  • the Create issue post-function under Set fields of new issue section

    Code Block
    language js linenumbers true
    org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject.metaClass.toString = {return ''} textutils.noNull(issue.get("Customer Name")) + "-" + 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

    JQL search expression of Link issues current to issue

    Code Block
    language js linenumbers true

...

• • Your issue

...

• • <%=textutils.noNull(issue.getKey())

...

• • %>

...

• • -

...

• • <%=textutils.noNull(issue.get("description"))

...

• • %>

...

• • has been resolved.

...

• Compare the text in a conditional execution script to:
  • Run a post-function
  • Run a condition
  • Run a validator
  • Unlink issues

Reference

References

• Variables used in a Groovy expression
• Issue interface
• Groovy Documentation

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