A workflow post-function that sets the value of an entity property of the current issue, current issue's project or current user. The value can be provided either as text (with optional Nunjucks annotations) or as a JSON value. |
To add 'Set entity property value' post-function to a transition :
Post Functions
in the properties panel.Add
post function
.Set entity property value
from the list of post-functions.Add
to add the post-function on the transition.Entity
drop-down.Property name
fieldValue
field.Value
field see, How to insert information using Nunjucks annotations.Add
to add the post-function to the transition.Known limitations common to all post-functions:
For information on where the post-function needs to be placed on a transition, see Placing post-functions in a transition. Refer to the Use cases for the post-functions page for use cases for this post-function. Refer the Troubleshooting and Support page if the post-functions does not seem to be working as you would expect. |
When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on sets the specified entity property of the current issue, current issue's project or current user to the specified value. The value can be provided either as text (with optional Nunjucks annotations) or as a JSON value.
Treat value as JSON
(explained below), it can be a String, a Number, a Boolean or an Object. It can also be an array of such values.To find out more about the type of value expected by this post-function for different field types, see Expected value for each field type.
Options
Sets the property value to a JSON object or an array of objects. It will take the Value
in the value template and parse it like a JSON string into a JavaScript object. This will be passed back to Jira as the value of the property. To learn about the JSON value expected by the post-function, see Expected value for each field type.
Sets the value of the selected property only if the property is empty.
Will not set (clear) the selected property, if the value is empty or null.
To execute this post-function based on the result of a Nunjucks template see Conditional execution.
The current user will be the author of the property change, and if the target entity is "Current user or Run as user", the property will be set on the current user.
The add-on user will be the author of the property change, and if the target entity is "Current user or Run as user", the property will be set on the add-on user.
Any user selected in this field will be the author of the property change, and if the target entity is "Current user or Run as user", the property will be set on that user.
Delayed execution
To delay the execution of this post-function see Delayed execution.