We are excited to announce JMWE 5.6.0, which brings the following improvements:

New post-functions

A Clear field value post-function to clear the value of one or more fields of the current issue
A Clear field value of linked issues post-function to clear the value of one or more fields on issues linked to the current issue
A Set issue, user or project Entity Property value post-function to set Jira "entity properties" on issues, projects or users

New validator

A Linked issue(s) Validator to enforce the creation of issue links during the transition, with certain characteristics, or to verify the existence of such links

An HTTP and REST client is now available for use in Groovy script to access external systems
New getUrl method on Attachment objects that returns the download URL of attachments
New getEntityProperty, setEntityProperty and deleteEntityProperty methods on Issue, ApplicationUser and Project objects to manipulate entity properties from Groovy scripts
The linkedIssues method on Issue objects now include issue links being added on the transition screen

The Field Required Validator now always displays the field name in the error message
The Query Fields Marketplace app is now supported by the Fields Required validator
The Transition linked issues and Transition parent issues post-functions now support ignoring permissions, conditions and validators
The Create/Clone issue(s) post-function now supports specifying a dynamic (calculated) issue type

[JMWE-646] - linkedIssue variable not visible on Issue Fields and Issue Methods help tabs
[JMWE-648] - Linked Issue Status Validator doesn't work on issue creation screen
[JMWE-659] - More help tab in the Groovy help section does not work in the latest version of Jira