Select a subset of available options of a checklist/multi-select based on a regular expression - Groovy

Abstract

This code snippet sets a Checklist/Multi-select type field with a subset of the available options based on a regular expression

Logic

Access the available options of the Checklist/Multi-select type field and retain all the options that match the regular expression.

Snippet

def regExp = ~/^(?i).*<Text to match in the option>.*/
issue.getAvailableOptions("<Name of the field>").findAll{
  it.getValue().matches(regExp)
}

Placeholders

Examples

The output of the code is a Collection<Option> which you could use in a Groovy expression, for example to - Set a Checkboxes/Multi-select field with a subset of its available options. Eg: Select all the Installation tasks in the Checkboxes/Multi-select type field in

• one of the Set Field Value post-functions

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

  def regExp = ~/^(?i).*installation.*/
  issue.getAvailableOptions("Installations list").findAll{
    it.getValue().matches(regExp)
  }

References

• Variables used in a Groovy expression
• Issue interface
• Accessing a field of Checkboxes/Multi-select type
• Groovy Documentation

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