A workflow post-function that sets the value(s) of a selected field of the current issue. The value can be provided either as text (with optional Nunjucks annotations) or as a JSON value. |
To add 'Set field value' post-function to a transition :
Post Functions
in the properties panel.Add
post function
.Set field value
from the list of post-functions.Add
to add the post-function on the transition.Field
drop-down.Value
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 selected field of the current issue 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 field value from 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 field. To learn about the JSON value expected by the post-function, see Expected value for each field type.
Sets the value of the selected field only if the field is empty.
Allows creating any missing Component/s or Version/s while setting or copying a field that expects Versions or Components. Note this is applicable for version and component fields.
Will not set (clear) the selected field, if the value is empty or null.
Appends the specified value(s) to the selected field of the current issue. This is applicable only to multi-valued fields.
Jira sends notifications for the change in the selected field value on the current issue. You can control the default value of the "Send notifications"
option in the Configuration page under JMWE administration. Click here for more information.
Conditional execution
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 field change.
The add-on user will be the author of the field change.
Any user selected in this field will be the author of the field change.
Running this post-function as any user other than the "Add-on user" is discouraged If you select any option other than "Run as add-on user", so that the change appears to be done by the current user or a specific user, the following must be true:
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Delayed execution
To delay the execution of this post-function see Delayed execution.