Data types
Throughout the documentation we refer to data types that can be used in the expression parser and its functions. The most commonly use data types are listed below. Most functions will accept string values so casting values to string is a very powerful function. Details can be found below in the converting data types section! BOOLEAN NUMBER This type represents numeric values, and is also used to store Date, Time and Date-Time (DATE_TIME) values. When storing any temporal value, the number represents the milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. STRING This type represents any kind of text or character string including all kinds of select and multi-select fields MULTI. NUMBER [] STRING [] ISSUE [] There are multiple functions available for converting or casting data types. A comprehensive list can be found below. NUMBER DATE_TIME Returns a STRING with the decimal representation of the numeric value in n. Numeric value of a Date-Time field is number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. Example: NUMBER Returns a STRING with the decimal representation of the numeric value in n limiting the fractional part to the number of digits in parameter decimals. Example: NUMBER [] Returns a STRING with a comma separated list of decimal representation of the numeric values in l. Example: NUMBER [] Returns a STRING with a comma separated list of decimal representations of the numeric values in l, with the number of characters in the decimal part specified by parameter decimals. Example: NUMBER [] Returns a STRING with a list of decimal representations of the numeric values in l, with the number of characters in the decimal part specified by parameter decimals and separated by string separator. Example: STRING [] Returns a STRING with a comma separated list of string values in l. Example: STRING [] Returns a STRING a list of string values in l separated by string separator. Example: ISSUE [] Returns a STRING with a comma separated list of issue keys. Example: toString(issue list l, string separator) ISSUE [] Returns a STRING with a list of issue keys separated by string separator. Example: STRING Returns the NUMBER represented by the string s. This function expects a decimal representation of a number. In case it is not possible to parse the s to number, null is returned. Example: toInteger(string s, string radix) STRING Returns the NUMBER represented by the string s as a signed integer in the radix specified by argument radix. Example: STRING with a list of tokens separated by one or more characters Returns a STRING [] with tokens in argument s separated by characters in argument separators. Leading and trailing spaces around each token are automatically removed. Example: field code for a MULTI-value field in format %{...somefield}. Multi-valued fields are Multi Select, Checkboxes, Components, Versions, Multi User Picker, Multi Group Picker, Issue Pickers, Attachments and Labels. Returns a STRING [] representing each of the values selected in the field. Example: STRING with a list of numbers in decimal representation separated by one or more characters This function expects in argument s a string containing numbers in decimal representation separated by characters in argument separators, and returns a NUMBER []. Example: STRING with a comma separated list of issue keys Returns an ISSUE [] with all issues with keys in argument issue_keys. Argument issue_keys is a string containing a comma separated list of issue keys. Example: Automatic casting from Number to Text-String Whenever you write a numeric term at the right-hand side of concat operator + or a comparison operator like = , and the left-hand side is occupied by a text-string term, the parser will automatically transform the right-hand side term into a stringGeneral Information
Additionally you can directly transform a field value to text using the following syntax: %{...anyfield}Data type Description Example Comparison operators return a logical value true or false , as well as some functions. isActive(string user_name)
Number or Date-Time fields can be referenced as numbers using the following notation: {...somefield}. 1, 1.1, -1.1, .1, -.1 "Hello world" This type represents a collection of numeric values returned by various functions. The size may vary from 0 to any number of numeric values. It is used to read the value of a numeric field in a selection of issues. You can also use literals like [1, 2, 3]. fieldValue(), append(), union(), except(), intersect() and distinct(), [1, 2, 3]This type represents a collection of string values returned by various functions. The size may vary from 0 to any number of string values. It is also used to read the value of a string field in a selection of issues. You can also use literals like ["string_A", "string_B", "string_C"]. fieldValue(), append(), union(), except(), intersect() and distinct(), ["string_A", "string_B", "string_C"]
This type represents a collection of issues. The size may vary from 0 to any number of issues.
It's returned by issue selection or filtering functions like subtasks(), linkedIssues(), filterByIssueType(), distinct(), etc. subtasks(), linkedIssues(), transitionLinkedIssues(), filterByFieldValue(), filterByStatus(), filterByIssueType(), filterByResolution(), filterByProject(), append(), union(), except(), intersect() and distinct()Converting data types
Function Input Output toString(number n) toString(3.141592) returns "3.141592". toString(number n, number decimals) toString(3.141592, 2) returns "3.14" . toString(number list l) toString([1, 2, 3, 4.0]) returns "1, 2, 3, 4" . toString(number list l, number decimals) toString([1.123, 2.452, 3.64612], 2) returns the following string: "1.12, 2.45, 3.65" . toString(number list l, number decimals, string separator) toString([1.123, 2.452, 3.64612], 2, " : ") returns the following string: "1.12 : 2.45 : 3.65" . toString(string list l) toString(["Hello", " ", "world", "!"]) returns "Hello, , world, !" .toString(string list l, string separator) toString(["blue", "red", "green"], "; ") returns "blue; red; green".toString(issue list l) toString(subtasks()) returns "CRM-5, CRM-6" , being CRM-5 and CRM-6 the keys of current issue's sub-tasks.toString(subtasks(), " ") returns "CRM-5 CRM-6", being CRM-5 and CRM-6 the keys of current issue's sub-tasks.toNumber(string s) toNumber("3.14") returns 3.14 .toInteger("ff", 16) returns 255 .toStringList(string s, string separators) toStringList("red, orange, yellow; green; blue; purple", ",;") returns the following string list: ["red", "orange", "yellow", "green", "blue", "purple"] .toStringList(multi-valued field field) toStringList(%{...components}) returns a list of strings with each of the components selected in current issue.toNumberList(string s, string separators) toNumberList("1, 3, 5; 7; 11; 13", ",;") returns the following number list: [1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13] .issueKeysToIssueList(string issue_keys) issueKeysToIssueList("CRM-12, HT-254") returns an issue list with issues with keys CRM-12 and HT-254."His age is " + 30 is equivalent to "His age is " + toString(30)"30" = 30 is equivalent to "30" = toString(30)
Operators
The expression parser accepts the most common operators. The operators listed below are available for the following data types: Operators = and != are also available for type BOOLEAN The following comparison operators are applicable to STRING and STRING [] data types. All operators ignore the case of the characters. Below you find a comprehensive matrix of all operators and applicable data types. BOOLEAN NUMBER STRING NUMBER [] STRING [] ISSUE [] MULTI Operators A reference of all data types can be found here.General Information
Case-sensitive operators
Operator Meaning Examples (all examples return true) = equal to 1 = 1 "HELLO" = toUpperCase("Hello") %{...description} = {...timeoriginalestimate} , auto-casting numeric field {...originalEstimate} to Text-String. %{...originalEstimate} = toString({...originalEstimate}) , explicit casting of numeric field {...originalEstimate} to Text-String. true = true %{...cf10001} = null , for checking whether field with code %{...cf10001} is not initialized. [1, 2, 3] = [1, 2, 3] , when used with lists elements existence and its order are evaluated. ["blue", "red", "green"] = ["blue", "red", "green"] != not equal to 0 != 1 "HELLO" != "Hello" %{...description} != "Hello" true != false {...cf10010} != null , for checking whether the numeric field with code {...cf10010} is initialized. [1, 2, 3] != [1, 3, 2] , when used with lists elements existence and its order are evaluated. ["blue", "red", "green"] != ["blue", "green", "red"] < lower than 1 < 2 "abc" < "bbc" "abc" < "abcd" > greater than 2 > 1 "bbc" > "abc" "abcd" > "abc" <= less than or equal to - >= greater than or equal to - ~ contains "Hello world!" ~ "world" , checks whether a string contains a substring. %{...componentLeads} ~ %{...currentUser} , checks whether "Component leaders" contains "Current user". linkedIssues() ~ subtasks() , checks whether all sub-tasks are also linked to current issue. [1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4] ~ [2, 1, 2] , when used with lists cardinalities must match. ["blue", "red", "green", "red", "white", "red"] ~ ["red", "green", "red"] (["green", "red"] ~ ["red", "green", "red"]) = false !~ doesn't contain "world" !~ "Hello world!" %{...fixVersions} !~ %{...versions} , checks whether "Fix version/s" doesn't contain all versions in "Affects version/s". fieldValue(%{...reporter}, linkedIssues()) !~ fieldValue(%{...reporter}, subtasks()) , checks whether linked issues reporters don't include all sub-tasks reporters. [1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4] !~ [2, 1, 1, 4] , when used with lists cardinalities must match. ["blue", "red", "green", "red", "red"] !~ ["red", "green", "green", "red"] in is contained in "world" in "Hello world!" , to check whether a substring is contained in a string. %{...currentUser} in %{...componentLeads} , checks whether "Current user" is contained in "Component leaders". subtasks() in linkedIssues() , checks whether all sub-tasks are also linked to current issue. [1, 1, 2] in [2, 1, 1, 1, 4] , cardinality must match. ["blue", "red", "red"] in ["red", "green", "blue", "red", "red"] , cardinality must match. 2 in [1, 2, 3] "blue" in ["red, "blue", "white"] not in isn't contained in "Hello world!" not in "world" %{...versions} not in %{...fixVersions} , checks whether not all versions in "Affects version/s" are contained in "Fix version/s". fieldValue(%{...reporter}, subtasks()) not in fieldValue(%{...reporter}, linkedIssues()) , checks whether not all sub-tasks reporters are included in linked issues reporters. [1, 1, 2, 2] not in [2, 1, 1, 1, 4] , cardinality must match. ["blue", "red", "red", "blue"] not in ["red", "blue", "red", "red"] , cardinality must match. 5 not in [1, 2, 3, 3, 4] "orange" not in ["blue", "red", "white"] any in some element is in %{...versions} any in %{...fixVersions} , checks whether any version in "Affects version/s" is contained in "Fix version/s". fieldValue(%{...reporter}, subtasks()) any in fieldValue(%{...reporter}, linkedIssues()) , checks whether any sub-task's reporter is present among linked issues reporters. [1, 3] any in [3, 4, 5] ["blue", "white"] any in ["black", "white", "green"] none in no single element is in %{...versions} none in %{...fixVersions} , checks whether there isn't a single version "Affects version/s" in "Fix version/s". fieldValue(%{...reporter}, subtasks()) none in fieldValue(%{...reporter}, linkedIssues()) , checks whether there isn't a single sub-task reporter among linked issues reporters. [1, 2] none in [3, 4, 5] ["blue", "red"] none in ["black", "white", "green"] Case-ignoring Operators
Operator Meaning Examples (all examples return true) =~ equal to "HELLO" =~ "Hello" "up" =~ "UP" ["blue", "red", "green"] =~ ["Blue", "RED", "Green"] !=~ not equal to " HELLO" !=~ "Hello" "up" !=~ "down" ("up" !=~ "UP") = false ["blue", "red"] !=~ ["Blue", "green"] ["blue", "red"] !=~ ["Red", "BLUE"] (["blue", "red", "green"] !=~ ["Blue", "RED", "Green"]) = false ~~ contains "Hello World!" ~~ "world" , checks whether a string contains a substring. "A small step for a man" ~~ "STEP" , checks whether a string contains a substring. ["one", "two", "three"] ~~ ["TWO", "One"] , checks whether a string list contains all the elements of another string list. !~~ doesn't contain "Hello World!" !~~ "bye" , checks whether a string doesn't contain a substring. "A small step for a man" !~~ "big" , checks whether a string doesn't contain a substring. ["one", "two", "three"] !~~ ["Four"] , checks whether a string list doesn't contain one element of another string list. (["one", "two", "three"] !~~ ["TWO"]) = false in~ is contained in "world" in~ "Hello World!" , checks whether a substring is contained in another string. "STEP" in~ "A small step for a man" , checks whether a substring is contained in another string. ["TWO", "One"] in~ ["one", "two", "three"] , checks whether all the elements of a string list are contained in another string list. not in~ isn't contained in "bye" not in~ "Hello World!" , checks whether a substring is not contained in another string. "big" not in~ "A small step for a man" , checks whether a substring is not contained in another string. ["Four"] not in~ ["one", "two", "three"] , checks whether any of the elements of a string list are not contained in another string list. (["TWO"] not in~ ["one", "two", "three"]) = false any in~ some element is in ["blue", "violet"] any in~ ["Blue", "Red", "Green"] ["Five", "One"] any in~ ["FOUR", "FIVE", "SIX"] none in~ no single element is in ["Orange"] any in~ ["red", "blue", "green"] (["orange"] any in~ ["Red", "Orange"]) = false Operators and applicable data types
Comparison Operator = X X X X X X X != X X X X X X X < - X X - - - - > - X X - - - - <= - X X - - - - >= - X X - - - - ~ - - X X X X X !~ - - X X X X X in - - X X X X X not in - - X X X X X any in - - - X X X X none in - - - X X X X =~ - - X - X - - !=~ - - X - X - - ~~ - - X - X - - !~~ - - X - X - - in~ - - X - X - - not in~ - - X - X - - any in~ - - - - X - - none in~ - - - - X - - Remember Example Operators ~, !~, in and not in can be used for checking a single element (number or string) against a number list or a string list1 in [1, 2, 3] ["blue", "red"] ~ "blue" .Operators ~, !~, in and not in when used with a string are useful to look for substrings in another string."I love coding" ~ "love""I don't like Mondays" !~ "Fridays""love" in "I love coding" "Fridays" not in "I don't like Mondays".Operators ~, !~, in and not in respect cardinality, i.e., container list must have at least the same number of elements as contained list.[1, 1] in [1, 1, 1][1, 1] not in [1, 2, 3] .Operators = and != , when used for comparing lists, require to have the same elements, with the same cardinality and the same order.[1, 2, 3] = [1, 2, 3][4, 5, 6] != [4, 6, 5] .<, >, <= and >= work according to lexicographical order when comparing strings.
Boolean expressions
Only two values will be accepted / returned: The following logical operators can be used for linking logical terms in an expression, i.e., terms that return a boolean value type (true or false). Operator Meaning Precedence Logical connectives are case insensitive, i.e., they can also be written in lower case: The conditional operator The conditional operator basically allows you to construct the following expression: IF boolean_expression true THEN term_1 ELSE term_2. The format to be used is: <boolean_expression> ? <term_1> : <term_2> Both term_1 and term_2 need to be of the same data type (boolean, number, string, issue list, string list or number list).Fixed values
true and false.Logical operators
NOT or ! logical negation 1 (highest) AND or & logical conjunction 2 OR or | logical disjunction 3 XOR exclusive or, i.e., a XOR b is equivalent to a AND !b OR !a AND b 3 IMPLIES or IMP logical implication, i.e., a IMPLIES b is equivalent to !a OR b 4 XNOR or EQV logical equivalence, i.e., a EQV b is equivalent to a IMPLIES b AND b IMPLIES a 4 (lowest) or, and, not, xor, implies, imp, eqv and xnor.Conditional operator:
? : (IF, THEN, ELSE)?
: is a powerful operator to construct conditional expressions.Examples of using the conditional operator
Expression Output {...duedate} != null
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({...duedate} - {...currentDateTime}) / {HOUR}
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0 If the Due Date is not null , this function will return the number of hours from the current date-time to Due Date, otherwise it will return 0 . timePart({...currentDateTime}, LOCAL) > 21:00 AND timePart({...currentDateTime}, LOCAL) < 7:00
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"Night"
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"Day" If the current time is between 21:00 and 7:00 this function will return " Night" , otherwise it will return "Day".Examples
Input Output %{...somefield} = "Yes"True if the value of the field is "Yes", otherwise False.%{...somefield1} != null AND %{...somefield2} = nullTrue only if {...somefield1} field has a value and field {...somefield2} does NOT have a value.datePart({...duedate}, LOCAL) > datePart({...currentDateTime}, LOCAL)True only if Due Date (field code {...duedate}) is later than Current date (field code {...currentDateTime}) in server's local timezone.
Numbers, dates and times
Numeric values of Number, Date, Date-Time and Priority data type fields can be inserted in expressions with following notation {...somefield}, e.g., use Pro tip NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER Fields of type Date and Date-Time contain a numeric value with the milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. We usually need to get significative numbers from this numeric value, like YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, etc. To achieve this, Automation Toolbox for Jira provides a comprehensive set of functions, most of them with TIMEZONE as input argument, since any significative number relative to a timestamp depends on the timezone. timePart(number t, timeZone time_zone) TIMEZONE Returns the time part of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone. TIMEZONE Returns the date part of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone. TIMEZONE Returns the seconds figure of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone. TIMEZONE Returns the minutes figure of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone. TIMEZONE Returns the hours figure of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone. NUMBER Returns the day of the week of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone, with Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, ... Saturday = 7. NUMBER Returns the day of the month of timestamp represented by numeric value t in time_zone time zone. NUMBER Returns the month of a timestamp represented by numeric value t in a certain time zone, with January = 1, February = 2, ... December = 12. NUMBER Returns the year of a timestamp represented by numeric value t in a certain time zone. NUMBER Returns a timestamp as a NUMBER resultant of adding n days to timestamp t. You should use this function instead of simply adding NUMBER Returns a timestamp resultant of adding n months to timestamp t. You should use this function instead of simply adding NUMBER Returns a timestamp resultant of adding n years to timestamp t. You should use this function instead of simply adding NUMBER Adds timeToBeAdded to t and returns a NUMBER with the difference that weekends don't count in the sum, e.g., if t represents a date-time which coincides with a Saturday, adding timeToBeAdded = 2 * {HOUR} will return a date-time for next Monday at 02:00 . Use negative values at timeToBeAdded for subtracting time from t. NUMBER Same as previous function, returns a NUMBER but with a custom defined weekend. Arguments beginning_of_weekend and end_of_weekend take values NUMBER Returns a timestamp as a NUMBER equivalent of NUMBER Same as previous function, returns a NUMBER but with a custom defined weekend. Arguments beginning_of_weekend and end_of_weekend take values NUMBER Returns a timestamp as a NUMBER equivalent "minuend_date - subtrahend_date" subtracting weekend periods from the result, i.e., you get the elapsed working time from subtrahend_date to minuend_date. NUMBER Same as previous function, returns a NUMBER but with a custom defined weekend. Arguments beginning_of_weekend and end_of_weekend take values NUMBER Returns a STRING representing the date-time value at t, in a certain time zone, and in a certain language. This function is useful in the Action Update Field to represent as a string the result of a time expression. NUMBER Returns a STRING representing the date-time value at t, in a certain time zone, and in a certain language. This function is useful in the Action Update Field to represent as a string the result of a time expression. NUMBER Returns a STRING representing the date-time value at t with a certain custom format defined by date_time_pattern string parameter, using a certain language when using words for months, days of the week, etc. This function is useful in Action Update Field to represent as a string the result of a time expression. NUMBER Returns a STRING representing the date-time value at t with a certain custom format defined by date_time_pattern string parameter, in a certain timezone time_zone, using a certain language when using words for months, days of the week, etc. This function is useful in the Action Update Field to represent as a string the result of a time expression. Example: Example: NUMBER Returns a STRING with the name of the month for a date-time t, in a certain time zone time_zone, and in a certain language. This function can be used in the Action Update Field to write the name of the month of a date-time field or expression. NUMBER Returns a STRING with the day of the week for a date-time t, in a certain time zone time_zone, and in a certain language. This function is useful in the Action Update Field to write the day of the week of a date-time field or expression. weekOfTheYear(number t, number firstDayOfTheWeek, number minimalDaysInFirstWeek, timeZone time_zone ) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER TIMEZONE Returns the week of the year of the date-time t in a certain time_zone as NUMBER. The parameter firstDayOfTheWeek represents the first day of the week, e.g.: {SUNDAY} in the U.S., and {MONDAY} in Germany. The parameter minimalDaysInFirstWeek represents the minimal number of days required in the first week of the year, e.g., if the first week is defined as the one that contains the first day of the first month of the year, value 1 should be used. If the minimal number of days required must be a full week (e.g. all days of the week need to be in that year), value 7 should be used. Example: Example: Example: dayOfTheYear(number t, timeZone time_zone) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER TIMEZONE Returns the day of the year of date-time t in a certain time_zone as NUMBER, e.g. for January 1st the value returned will be 1. Example: TIMEZONE STRING Returns a NUMBER with the date-time represented by string s. The numeric value returned corresponds to the milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. Valid input string formats are yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm, yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm, yyyy/MM/dd, yyyy-MM-dd, also formats relative to current time like in JQL queries: "w" (weeks), "d" (days), "h" (hours) or "m" (minutes), or format defined at system property jira.date.time.picker.java.format. STRING Returns a NUMBER with the date-time represented by string s. Expected format of value at parameter "s" is defined by date_time_pattern string parameter. The numeric value returned corresponds to the milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. Example: STRING Returns a NUMBER with the date-time represented by string s. Expected format of value at parameter "s" is defined by date_time_pattern string parameter for a specific language (language code ISO 639-2 ) and country (country code ISO 3166 alpha-2 ). The numeric value returned corresponds to the milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. Example: DURATION Returns a STRING with the pretty representation of a time duration, i.e. a subtraction of 2 date-time values, using the language of current user's profile. Example: DURATION Returns a STRING with the most compact representation possible of a time duration, i.e. a subtraction of 2 date-time values, using the language of current user's profile. Example: DURATION Returns a STRING similar to function Example: DURATION Returns a STRING similar to function Example: TIMEZONE Returns the timeZone whose name is represented by string timeZone_name. This function is useful to obtain a timeZone from a string, like the value of a Project Properties. Example: timeInValue(string field field, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING BOOLEAN Returns the NUMBER of milliseconds a string field with code %{nnnnn} of the current issue has had a value satisfying a boolean expression predicate, where the string value of the field with code %{nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(%{00017}, ^% in ["Critical", "High"]) returns the number of milliseconds the field priority (field code %{00017}) of the current issue has had a value of Critical or High. timeInValue(number field field, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER BOOLEAN Returns the NUMBER of milliseconds a number or date-time field with code {nnnnn} of the current issue has had a value satisfying a boolean expression predicate, where the numeric value of the field with code {nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(string field field, issue list issues, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING ISSUE [] BOOLEAN Returns the sum of milliseconds a string field with code %{nnnnn} has had a value satisfying a boolean expression predicate in distinct issues as NUMBER, where the string value of the field with code %{nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(number field field, issue list issues, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER ISSUE [] BOOLEAN Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(string field field, boolean expression predicate, string schedule_name, timeZone time_zone) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING BOOLEAN STRING TIMEZONE Returns the NUMBER of milliseconds a string field with code %{nnnnn} of the current issue has had a value satisfying a boolean expression predicate, where the string value of the field with code %{nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(number field field, boolean expression predicate, string schedule_name, timeZone time_zone) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER BOOLEAN STRING TIMEZONE Returns the NUMBER of milliseconds of a number or date-time field with code {nnnnn} of the current issue has had a values satisfying a boolean expression predicate, where the numeric value of the field with code {nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(string field field,issue list issues, boolean expression predicate, string schedule_name, timeZone time_zone) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING ISSUE [] BOOLEAN STRING TIMEZONE Returns the NUMBER of milliseconds a string field with code %{nnnnn} has had a value satisfying a boolean expression predicate in distinct issues, where the value of the field with code %{nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: timeInValue(number field field, issue list issues, boolean expression predicate, string schedule_name, timeZone time_zone) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER ISSUE [] BOOLEAN STRING TIMEZONE Returns the NUMBER of milliseconds number or date-time field with code {nnnnn} has had a value satisfying a boolean expression predicate in distinct issues, where the numeric value of the field with code {nnnnn} is represented by Example: Example: Example: fieldChangeTimes(string field field, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING BOOLEAN Returns the timestamps as NUMBER [] of when a string value of field with code %{nnnnn} has changed satisfying a certain predicate that depends on the values of the field before and after the value change. The string value before the change is represented by Example: Example: Example: fieldChangeTimes(number field field, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER BOOLEAN Returns the timestamps as NUMBER [] of when a numeric / date-time value of field with code {nnnnn} has changed satisfying a certain predicate that depends on the values of the field before and after the value change. The numeric value before the change is represented by Example: Example: fieldChangeTimes(string field field, issue list issues, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING ISSUE [] BOOLEAN Returns the timestamps as NUMBER [] of when a string value of field with code %{nnnnn} in distinct parameter issues have changed satisfying certain predicate that depends on the values of the fields before and after the value change. The string value before the change is represented by Example: Example: Example: fieldChangeTimes(number field field, issue list issues, boolean expression predicate) Available since version 1.1.0 NUMBER ISSUE [] BOOLEAN Returns the timestamps as NUMBER [] of when a numeric value of field with code {nnnnn} in distinct parameter issues have changed satisfying a certain predicate that depends on the values of the fields before and after the value change. The numeric value before the change is represented by Example: Example: lastFieldChangeTime(string field field) Available since version 1.1.0 STRING Returns the timestamp as NUMBER of most recent value update of a field with code %{nnnnn}. Example: Date-Time values are numeric values representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. Macros are aliases for literal / fixed values. A comprehensive set of time macros is provided to make your expressions more readable.Fixed values
Input Format Example Valid numerical values 1 3.0.5 -400 -1.1 -.02Valid Date-time values yyyy/MM/dd [hh:mm]or yyyy-MM-dd [hh:mm] 2018/03/25 23:152018-03-25 23:152018/03/252018-03-25Valid Time values hh:mm 08:15 23:59 00:00 Variable values (field values)
{...duedate} for Due Date, and {...numberOfAttachments} for Number of attachments.{...somefield} = null or {...somefield} != nullMath Functions
Function Input Returned value abs(number x) Returns the absolute value of x, i.e., if x>0 it returns x, otherwise it returns -x. acos(number x) Returns the arc cosine of x; the returned angle is in the range 0.0 through pi. asin(number x) Returns the arc sine of x; the returned angle is in the range 0.0 through pi. atan(number x) Returns the arc tangent of x; the returned angle is in the range 0.0 through pi. ceil(number x) Returns the smallest (closest to negative infinity) value that is larger than or equal to x and is equal to a mathematical integer. cbrt(number x) Returns the cube root of x. cos(number x) Returns the trigonometric cosine of angle x expressed in radians. cosh(number x) Returns the hyperbolic cosine of x. floor(number x) Returns the largest (closest to positive infinity) value that is less than or equal to x and is equal to a mathematical integer. log(number x) Returns the natural logarithm (base e) of x. log10(number x) Returns the base 10 logarithm of x. max(number x, number y) Returns the larger of two numeric values. min(number x, number y) Returns the smaller of two numeric values. modulus(number dividend, number divisor) Returns dividend - (divisor * floor(dividend / divisor)) . pow(number x, number y) Returns x raised to the power y. random() Returns a value with a positive sign, greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0. remainder(number dividend, number divisor) Returns dividend - divisor * n , where n is the closest integer to dividend / divisor . round(number x) Returns the closest integer to x. sin(number x) Returns the trigonometric sine of angle x expressed in radians. sinh(number x) Returns the hyperbolic sine of x. sqrt(number x) Returns the square root of x. tan(number x) Returns the trigonometric tangent of angle x expressed in radians. tanh(number x) Returns the hyperbolic tangent of x. toDegrees(number x) Converts an angle x measured in radians to an approximately equivalent angle measured in degrees. toRadians(number x) Converts an angle x measured in degrees to an approximately equivalent angle measured in radians. Date-Time Functions
Function Input Returned value
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15 this function returns a NUMBER representing time 23:15 in milliseconds datePart(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15 this function returns a NUMBER representing date March, 25th 2011 00:00 in milliseconds second(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15:30 this function returns a NUMBER representing 30 seconds in milliseconds. minute(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15:30 this function returns a NUMBER representing 15 minutes in milliseconds. hour(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15:30 this function returns a NUMBER representing 23 hours in milliseconds. dayOfTheWeek(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15 this function returns 6 for Friday as a NUMBER, represented also by macro {FRIDAY} . dayOfTheMonth(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15 this function returns 25 as a NUMBER. month(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15 this function returns 3 for March as a NUMBER, represented also by macro {MARCH} . year(number t, timeZone time_zone)
Example: for timestamp March, 25th 2011 23:15 this function returns 2011 as a NUMBER . addDays ( number t, number n, timeZone time_zone ) n * {DAY} , since {DAY} is a macro equivalent to 24 * {HOUR} , not taking into account that once in a year we have a day with 25 or 23 hours due to DST transition. Negative values for n are used in order to subtract instead of adding.
Example: addDays(2018/03/27 01:00, -2, LOCAL) returns 2018/03/25 01:00 . addMonths(number t, number n, timeZone time_zone) n * {MONTH} , since {MONTH} is a macro equivalent to 30 * {DAY} , not taking into account that some months has more or less than 30 days. Negative values for n are used in order to subtract instead of adding.
Example: for timestamp t with value March, 25th 2011 23:15 calling to addMonths(t, 3, LOCAL) will return a timestamp as a NUMBER with value June, 25th 2011 23:15 addYears(number t, number n, timeZone time_zone) 12 * {MONTH} or 365 * {DAY} , since that won't take into account that some years have 366 days. Negative values for n are used in order to subtract instead of adding.
Example: for timestamp t with value March, 25th 2011 23:15 calling to addYears(t, 10, LOCAL) will return a timestamp as a NUMBER with value March, 25th 2021 23:15 addTimeSkippingWeekends(number t, number timeToBeAdded, timeZone time_zone) addTimeSkippingWeekends(number t, number timeToBeAdded, timeZone time_zone, number beginning_of_weekend, number end_of_weekend) {MONDAY} , {TUESDAY} ... {SUNDAY} .
Example of usage for adding 12 hours to Current date and time using Israeli weekend: addTimeSkippingWeekends({...currentDateTime}, 12 * {HOUR}, LOCAL, {FRIDAY}, {SATURDAY}) addDaysSkippingWeekends(number t, number n, timeZone time_zone) t + n*{DAY} with the difference that weekends don't count in the sum, e.g., if t represents a timestamp which coincides with a Friday, adding n = 1 will return a date-time for next Monday. Negative values for n are used in order to subtract days to t. addDaysSkippingWeekends(number t, number n, timeZone time_zone, number beginning_of_weekend, number end_of_weekend) {MONDAY}, {TUESDAY} ... {SUNDAY} .
Example of usage for adding 10 workdays to Due date using Israeli weekend: addDaysSkippingWeekends({...duedate}, 10, LOCAL, {FRIDAY}, {SATURDAY}) subtractDatesSkippingWeekends(number minuend_date, number subtrahend_date, timeZone time_zone) subtractDatesSkippingWeekends(number minuend_date, number subtrahend_date, timeZone time_zone, number beginning_of_weekend, number end_of_weekend) {MONDAY}, {TUESDAY} ... {SUNDAY} .
Example of usage calculating the worktime from Creation to Resolution using Israeli weekend: subtractDatesSkippingWeekends({...resolutiondate}, {...created}, LOCAL, {FRIDAY}, {SATURDAY}) dateToString(number t, timeZone time_zone, language) dateTimeToString(number t, timeZone time_zone, language) dateTimeToString(number t, string date_time_pattern , language)
Example: dateTimeToString(2011-03-25 11:30, "yyyy.MM.dd 'at' HH:mm:ss", USER_LANG) returns string "2011.03.25 at 11:30:00". dateTimeToString(number t, string date_time_pattern , timeZone time_zone, language) dateTimeToString(0, "yyyy.MM.dd 'at' HH:mm:ss", GMT, USER_LANG) returns string "1970.01.01 at 00:00:00".dateTimeToString(0, "yyyy.MM.dd 'at' HH:mm:ss", MST, USER_LANG) returns string "1969.12.31 at 17:00:00". monthToString(number t, timeZone time_zone, language) dayOfTheWeekToString(number t, timeZone time_zone, language) weekOfTheYear(2023/01/03, {SUNDAY}, 1, LOCAL) returns 1.weekOfTheYear(2023/01/03, {MONDAY}, 1, LOCAL) returns 2.weekOfTheYear(2023/01/03, {MONDAY}, 7, LOCAL) returns 1.dayOfTheYear(2019/02/01, LOCAL) returns 32 stringToDate(string s, timeZone time_zone) stringToDate(string s, string date_time_pattern ) stringToDate("2011.03.25 at 11:30:00", "yyyy.MM.dd 'at' HH:mm:ss") returns a date-time numeric value that can be used for setting a Date Time picker custom field. stringToDate(string s, string date_time_pattern , string language , string country ) stringToDate("Dec 7, 2016 2:10:25 AM PST", "MMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a z", "eng", "US") returns a date-time numeric value that can be used for setting a Date Time picker custom field. formatDuration(number duration) formatDuration(2017-01-31 11:30 - 2017-01-30 00:00) returns "1 day, 11 hours, 30 minutes" . shortFormatDuration(number duration) shortFormatDuration(2017-01-31 11:30 - 2017-01-30 00:00) returns "1d 11h 30m" . formatWorkDuration(number duration) formatDuration() but using the workday and workweek defined at time tracking configuration , instead of 24 hours per day and 7 days per week.formatWorkDuration(5 * 8 * {HOUR} + 2 * 8 * {HOUR} + 3 * {HOUR}) returns "1 week, 2 days, 3 hours", with 8 hours per workday and 5 days per workweek. shortFormatWorkDuration(number duration) shortFormatDuration() but using the workday and workweek defined at time tracking configuration , instead of 24 hours per day and 7 days per week.formatWorkDuration(5 * 8 * {HOUR} + 2 * 8 * {HOUR} + 3 * {HOUR}) returns "1w 2d 3h" , with 8 hours per workday and 5 days per workweek. timeZone(string timeZone_name) timeZone("DST") returns DST timeZone.^%.timeInValue(%{00000}, ^% ~~ "ERROR" OR ^% ~~ "WARNING") returns the number of milliseconds the field summary (field code %{00000}) of the current issue has contained any of the words "ERROR" or "WARNING", ignoring the case.timeInValue(%{00094}, count(toStringList(^%, ",")) > 1) returns the number of milliseconds the field components (field code %{00094}) of the current issue has contained more than one selected component.^.timeInValue({00012}, ^ != null) returns the number of milliseconds the field Due date (field code {00012}) of the current issue has had a value.timeInValue({10001}, ^ >= 5 AND ^ <= 10) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) of the current issue has remained between 5 and 10.timeInValue({10001}, modulus(^, 2) = 0) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) of the current issue has had an even value (2, 4, 6,...).^%.timeInValue(%{00000}, subtasks(), ^% ~~ "ERROR" OR ^% ~~ "WARNING") returns the sum of milliseconds the summary fields (field code %{00000}) of all subtasks of the current issue have contained any of the words "ERROR" or "WARNING", ignoring the case.timeInValue(%{00094}, epic(), count(toStringList(^%, ",")) > 1) returns the number of milliseconds the components fields (field code %{00094}) in a linked Epic issue have contained more than one selected component.timeInValue(%{00017}, filterByIssueType(linkedIssues(), "Bug, New Feature"), ^% in ["Critical", "High"]) returns the sum of milliseconds all linked Bugs and New Features of the current issue have had a priority (field code %{00017}) value of Critical or High.^.timeInValue({00012}, subtasks(), ^ != null) returns the number of milliseconds the field due date (field code {00012}) of all subtasks of the current issue have had a value.timeInValue({10001}, epic(), ^ >= 5 AND ^ <= 10) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) of an Epic issue has had a value between 5 and 10.timeInValue({10001}, filterByIssueType(linkedIssues(), "Bug, New Feature"), modulus(^, 2) = 0) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) has had an even value in any linked Bug or New Feature.^%. The time being calculated by this function is only counted during a defined schedule with name schedule_name for time zone time_zone.timeInValue(%{00000}, ^% ~~ "ERROR" OR ^% ~~ "WARNING", "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds the field summary (field code %{00000}) of the current issue has contained any of the words "ERROR" or "WARNING", ignoring the case, within a schedule named schedule_name for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue(%{00094}, count(toStringList(^%, ",")) > 1, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds the field components (field code %{00094}) of the current issue has contained more than one selected component, within a schedule named schedule_name for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue(%{00017}, ^% in ["Critical", "High"], "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds the current issue has had a priority value of Critical or High (field code %{00017}), within a schedule named schedule_name for the server's default time_zone.^. The time being calculated by this function is only counted during a defined schedule with name schedule_name for time zone time_zone.timeInValue({00012}, ^ != null, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds the field due date (field code {00012}) of the current issue has had a value, ignoring the case, within a schedule named "my_schedule" for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue({10001}, ^ >= 5 AND ^ <= 10, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) of the current issue has had a value between 5 and 10, within a schedule named schedule_name for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue({10001}, modulus(^, 2) = 0, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) in current issue has had an even value, within a schedule named schedule_name for the server's default time_zone.^%. The time being calculated by this function is only counted during a defined schedule with name schedule_name for time zone time_zone.timeInValue(%{00000}, subtasks(), ^% ~~ "ERROR" OR ^% ~~ "WARNING", "my_schedule", LOCAL) returns the sum of milliseconds the fields summary (field code %{00000}) of all subtasks of the current issue have have contained any of the words "ERROR" or "WARNING", ignoring the case, within a schedule named "schedule_name" for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue(%{00094}, epic(), count(toStringList(^%, ",")) > 1, "my_schedule", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds the field components (field code %{00094}) in the linked Epic issue has contained more than one selected component, within a schedule named my_schedule for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue(%{00017}, filterByIssueType(linkedIssues(), "Bug, New Feature"), ^% in ["Critical", "High"], "my_schedule", LOCAL) returns the sum of milliseconds all linked Bugs and New Features of the current issue have had a priority (field code %{00017}) value of Critical or High., within a schedule named my_schedule for the server's default time_zone.^. The time being calculated by this function is only counted during a defined schedule with name schedule_name for time zone time_zone.timeInValue({00012}, subtasks(), ^ != null, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds the field due date (field code {00012}) of all subtasks of the current issue have had a value, within a schedule named "my_schedule" for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue({10001}, epic(), ^ >= 5 AND ^ <= 10, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) in the linked Epicissue has had a value between 5 and 10, within a schedule named "schedule_name" for the server's default time_zone.timeInValue({10001}, filterByIssueType(linkedIssues(), "Bug, New Feature"), modulus(^, 2) = 0, "schedule_name", LOCAL) returns the number of milliseconds a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) has had an even value in any linked Bug or New Feature, within a schedule named schedule_name for the server's default time_zone.^0%, and after the change by ^1%. The timestamps are returned as a number list sorted in ascending order.fieldChangeTimes(%{00000}, ^0% !~~ "IMPORTANT" AND ^1% ~~ "IMPORTANT") returns the list of timestamps when word "IMPORTANT" has been added to the current issue's summary (field code %{00000}) ignoring the case.fieldChangeTimes(%{00017}, ^0% = null AND ^1% != null) returns the list of timestamps of when the issue priority (field code %{00017}) of the current issue has been set.fieldChangeTimes(%{00017}, ^0% not in ["Critical", "High"] AND ^1% in ["Critical", "High"]) returns the list of timestamps when current issue's priority (field code %{00017}) has become Critical or High.^0, and after the change by ^1. The timestamps are returned as a number list sorted in ascending order.fieldChangeTimes({00012}, ^0 < ^1) returns the timestamps of when the Due date (field code {00012}) has been edited to a higher value.fieldChangeTimes({10001}, abs(^0 - ^1) / ^0 >= 0.25) returns the timestamps of when a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers(field code {10001}) has been edited with a variation of at least 25% over its previous value.^0%, and after the change by ^1%. The timestamps are returned as a number list containing a sequence of sorted numeric values in ascending order for each parameter issue.fieldChangeTimes(%{00000}, subtasks(), ^0% !~~ "IMPORTANT" AND ^1% ~~ "IMPORTANT") returns the list of timestamps of when the word "IMPORTANT" has been added the the summary (field code %{00000}) of all current issue's subtasks, ignoring the case.fieldChangeTimes(%{00017}, epic(), ^0% = null AND ^1% != null) returns the list of timestamps of when the issue priority (field code %{00017}) of the current issue's epic has been set.fieldChangeTimes(%{00017}, linkedIssues("is blocked by"), ^0% not in ["Critical", "High"] AND ^1% in ["Critical", "High"]) returns the list of timestamps of when the priority(field code %{00017}) in all blocking linked issues has become Critical or High.^0, and after the change by ^1. The timestamps are returned as a number list containing a sequence of sorted numeric values in ascending order for each parameter issue.fieldChangeTimes({00012}, subtasks(), ^0 < ^1) returns the timestamps of when the due date (field code {00012}) has been edited to a higher value in any of the current issue's subtasks.fieldChangeTimes({10001}, epic(), abs(^0 - ^1) / ^0 >= 0.25) returns the timestamps when a hypothetical numeric field called Passengers (field code {10001}) in the current issue's epic has been edited with a variation of at least 25% over its previous valuelastFieldChangeTime(%{00000}) returns the timestamp of the last update of an issue's summary (field code {00000}).Time Macros
Macro Equivalent value {SECOND} 1000 {MINUTE} 1000 * 60 {HOUR} 1000 * 60 * 60 {DAY} 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 {WEEK} 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 {MONTH} 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 {YEAR} 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
The following macros are available to be used with function dayOfTheWeek(t, time_zone):Macro Equivalent value {SUNDAY} 1 {MONDAY} 2 {TUESDAY} 3 {WEDNESDAY} 4 {THURSDAY} 5 {FRIDAY} 6 {SATURDAY} 7
The following macros are available to be used with function month(t, time_zone):Macro Equivalent value {JANUARY} 1 {FEBRUARY} 2 {MARCH} 3 {APRIL} 4 {MAY} 5 {JUNE} 6 {JULY} 7 {AUGUST} 8 {SEPTEMBER} 9 {OCTOBER} 10 {NOVEMBER} 11 {DECEMBER} 12 Examples
Input Output (2 * 6) / 3Returns the result of a simple calculation: 4 {...duedate} + 2 * {DAY}Returns a date which is two days in the future of the current Due Date. round(({...duedate} - {...currentDateTime}) / {HOUR})Returns the number of hours from between the current date and time to Due Date.
Strings
Text / String field values can be inserted in expressions using field codes with format %{...somefield}, or %{...somefield.i} for referencing concrete levels in cascading select fields (i = 0 for base level). Pro tip STRING Returns a copy of the STRING without leading and trailing blanks (space and tab characters). STRING Returns a substring of the STRING beginning at index beginIndex and ending at endIndex - 1. Thus the length of the substring is endIndex-beginIndex. STRING Returns STRING with all its characters converted to upper case. STRING Returns STRING s with all its characters converted to lower case. STRING Capitalizes all the whitespace separated words in STRING. STRING Converts all the whitespace separated words in STRING into capitalized words, that is each word is made up of a titlecase character and then a series of lowercase characters. STRING REGEX STRING REGEX Returns a copy of STRING where the first substring matching the given regular expression regexp has been replaced with the given replacement string. STRING REGEX Returns a BOOLOEAN value true if string s matches regular expression regexp, otherwise returns false. STRING REGEX Returns a STRING [] with all substrings in argument s matching regular expression in string argument regexp. STRING [] REGEX Returns a STRING []with all substrings in argument s matching regular expression in string argument regexp. Evaluation of the regular expression is carried out in ignoring case mode. STRING REGEX Returns a STRING like s, but where all substrings matching regexp have been replaced with the result of evaluating replacement_expression against each these substrings. Argument text_expression is an expression that returns a string, where ^% represents each of the matching substrings, and ^ represents the order of appearance beginning with 1. STRING Returns a STRING with content of argument s where every ocurrence of substring find has been replaced with string replacement. STRING Returns a STRING with content of argument s where every ocurrence of substring find, ignoring the case, has been replaced with string replacement. STRING Returns a STRING with content of argument s where first ocurrence of substring find has been replaced with string replacement. STRING Returns a STRING with content of argument s where first ocurrence of substring find, ignoring the case, has been replaced with string replacement. Returns a NUMBER with the length of s. NUMBER Returns a STRING containing the symbol corresponding to a extended ASCII code (0 <= code <= 255). STRING Returns a NUMBER value between 0 and 100 representing the percentage of similarity between two strings based on the Jaro Winkler similarity algorithm . 100 represents full equivalence, and 0 represents zero similarity between both string arguments. STRING Escapes the characters in a STRING using HTML entities. STRING Unescapes STRING containing entity escapes to a string containing the actual Unicode characters corresponding to the escapes. STRING Renders rich text wiki content of STRING into HTML. htmlToTxt(string s) STRING Renders HTML content of STRING into plain text by removing all the html tags. Fixed values
\" . This character can precede any of the following characters: ", \, n, r, t, f and b in order to invoke an alternative interpretation.
For example, if you want to introduce a double quote in a string literal you should precede it with escape character \ as in "The man said: \"Hello!\"." , where we are using escape character \ to write string Hello! in double quotes.Variable values (field values)
%{...somefield} = null or %{...somefield} != null.
For a concrete level in a Cascading Select or Multi-Cascading Select field, you should use %{...somefield.i} = null or %{...somefield.i} != null.
Any field type has a string value, so you can also use %{...somefield} to insert string values of fields of types: Number, Date, Date-Time and Priority.String Functions
Function Input Returned value trim(string s)
Example: trim(" Hello World! ") returns "Hello World!". substring(string s, number beginIndex, number endIndex)
Example: substring("smiles", 1, 5) returns "mile". toUpperCase(string s)
Example: toUpperCase("heLLo WORLD!") returns "HELLO WORLD!". toLowerCase(string s)
Example: toLowerCase("heLLo WORLD!") returns "hello world!". capitalizeWords(string s)
Example: capitalizeWords("heLLo WORLD!") returns "HeLLo WORLD!". capitalizeWordsFully(string s)
Example: capitalizeWordsFully("heLLo WORLD!") returns "Hello World!". replaceAll(string s, string regexp, string replacement) Returns a copy of s where each substring matching the given regular expression regexp has been replaced with the given replacement string.
Example: replaceAll(" Hello World ", "\\s", "") returns "HelloWorld" . replaceFirst(string s, string regexp, string replacement)
Example: replaceFirst("Hello World", "l", "_") returns "He_lo World" . matches(string s, string regexp)
Example: matches("readme.txt", ".*\\.txt$") returns true . findPattern(string s, string regexp)
Example: findPattern("Between 1900 and 2000 world population increase from 1.5 to 6.1 billions.", "\\d+(\\.\\d+)?") returns ["1900", "2000", "1.5", "6.1"] . findPatternIgnoreCase(string s, string regexp)
Example: findPatternIgnoreCase("Grass is Green and Sky is Blue.", "red|green|blue") returns ["Green", "Blue"] . findModify(string s, string regexp, string replacement_expression)
Example: findModify("The cure for boredom is curiosity.", "[aeiou]", modulus(^, 2) = 1 ? toUpperCase(^%) : ^%) returns "ThE curE for bOredOm is cUriOsity." . findReplaceAll(string s, string find, string replacement)
Example: findReplaceAll("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "my", "your") returns "Goodbye your love, hello your friend." . findReplaceAllIgnoreCase(string s, string find, string replacement)
Example: findReplaceAllIgnoreCase("Hello my love, hello my friend.", "hello", "Goodbye") returns "Goodbye my love, Goodbye my friend." . findReplaceFirst(string s, string find, string replacement)
Example: findReplaceFirst("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "my", "your") returns "Goodbye your love, hello my friend." . findReplaceFirstIgnoreCase(string s, string find, string replacement)
Example: findReplaceFirstIgnoreCase("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "My", "your") returns "Goodbye your love, hello my friend." . length(string s) STRING
Example: length("Star Wars") returns 9 . getAscii(number code)
Example: getAscii(65) returns "A" . similarity(string s1, string s2)
Examples: similarity("Automation Toolbox for Jira", "Automation Toolbox for Jira") returns 100 similarity("Automation Toolbox for Jira", "Jira WorflowTolbox") returns 97 similarity("My Gym. Childrens Fitness", "My Gym Children's Fitness Center") returns 92 similarity("D N H Enterprises Inc", "D & H Enterprises, Inc.") returns 91 similarity("ABC Corporation", "ABC Corp'") returns 92 similarity("Hello World!", "Bye bye World!") returns 69 similarity("I caught a lizard", "This is my giraffe") returns 51 escapeHTML(string s)
Example: escapeHTML("<Français>") returns "<Français>" . unescapeHTML(string s)
Example: unescapeHTML(""bread" & "butter"") returns "\"bread\" & \"butter\"" . wikiToHTML(string s)
Example: wikiToHTML("+Hello *world*!+") return "<p><ins>Hello <b>world</b>!</ins></p>" .
Example: wikiToHTML("<p>Hello <b>world</b>!</p>")return "Hello world!" .Examples
Input Output "Hello" + " " + "world" + "."Hello world. trim(%{...summary})Summary of an issue without leading and trailing blanks %{...description} + "\nLAST USER: " + toUpperCase(%{...currentUser})Description of an issue and a new line with string "LAST USER: " and the name of current user in upper case.
Issue lists
The Issue list data type is an ordered list of issues. This data type is returned by functions returning selections of issues (linked issues, sub-tasks, issues in a project, or subsets). Example Issue list functions either return issue lists (e.g. [issuekey-1,issuekey-2,issuekey3,...]) or string lists or number lists for retrieving issue fields The following functions are intended to build expressions that reference linked issues, sub-tasks, or doing any kind of issue selection, and for retrieving their field values. Returns the ISSUE [] of sub-tasks of current issue. ISSUE [] Returns the ISSUE [] of sub-tasks of issues in argument issues. Duplicated issues in argument issues are discarded. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of sub-tasks of issues whose keys are in issue_keys. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Duplicated issue keys in argument issue_keys are discarded. Returns the ISSUE [] of sibling sub-tasks of current issue, i.e., all sub-tasks with the same parent as current issue, except current issue. In case current issue is not a sub-task, an empty issue list will be returned. Note that ISSUE [] Returns the ISSUE [] of sibling sub-tasks of issues in argument issues, provided they are sub-tasks. Duplicated issues in argument issues are discarded. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of sibling sub-tasks of issues whose keys are in issue_keys, provided they are sub-tasks. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Duplicated issue keys in argument issue_keys are discarded. Returns the ISSUE [] of issues linked to current issue, including Epic-Task links. An issue appears in the output as many times as is linked to current issue. Function distinct(issue list) can be used to remove duplicated issues. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of issues linked to current one using issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Argument issue_link_types is a comma separated list of issue link type names, or an empty string ("") for representing all issue link types, i.e., STRING ISSUE [] Returns the ISSUE [] of issues linked to those ones in argument issues using issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Duplicated issues in argument issues are discarded. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of issues linked to those ones whose keys are in argument issue_keys. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Duplicated issue keys in argument issue_keys are discarded. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of issues linked to current one with links created in current transition screen using issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Argument issue_link_types is a comma separated list of issue link type names, or an empty string STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of issues directly or transitively linked to current issue using issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Argument issue_link_types is a comma separated list of issue link type names, or an empty string STRING ISSUE [] Returns the ISSUE [] of issues directly or transitively linked to those ones in argument issues using issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Argument issue_link_types is a comma separated list of issue link type names, or an empty string STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of issues directly or transitively linked to those ones in argument issue_keys using issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Argument issue_link_types is a comma separated list of issue link type names, or an empty string Returns an ISSUE [] containing current issue's epic, in case current issue is directly under an epic (e.g., a Story). If current issue is a sub-task, then the epic of its parent issue is returned. If current issue is an epic itself, then current issue is returned. ISSUE [] Returns the ISSUE [] of epic issues under which those issues in argument issues are. If some of those issues are sub-tasks, then the epic of their parent is returned. Duplicated issues in argument issues are discarded. Output can contain duplicated issues. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] of epic issues under which those issues with keys in issue_keys are. If some of those issues are sub-tasks, the epic of their parent is returned. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Duplicated issue keys in argument issue_keys are discarded. Output can contain duplicated issues. Returns an ISSUE [] containing issues which are directly under current issue's epic (i.e., Stories are included in the output, but their sub-tasks are not). Current issue's epic is obtained using the logic of function epic() . Current issue is included in the output, except if current issue is an epic itself. ISSUE [] Returns an ISSUE [] containing issues which are directly under the epic of issues in argument issues. Duplicated issues are filtered from output. STRING Returns an ISSUE [] containing issues which are directly under the epic of issues with keys in argument issue_keys. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Duplicated issues are filtered from output. Returns an ISSUE [] containing issues which are directly under epic of current issue (i.e., Stories are included in the output, but their sub-tasks are not), excluding current issue. Current issue should be an issue directly under an epic, (i.e., it can't be a sub-task or an epic). ISSUE [] Returns an ISSUE [] containing issues which are directly under the epic of issues in argument issues, excluding issues in argument issues from the output. Duplicated issues are filtered from output. STRING Returns an ISSUE [] containing issues which are directly under the epic of issues with keys in argument issue_keys, excluding from the output issues with keys in argument issue_keys. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Duplicated issues are filtered from output. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] resulting of the execution of a JQL query represented by string argument jql_query. Visibility permissions applied are those of current user. We advice to use this function for performance reasons when the number of issues to be retrieved or filtered is very high (all issues in a project or various projects). Typically you will want to use this function for replacing any current expression using getIssuesFromProjects() function. STRING Returns the ISSUE [] resulting of the execution of a JQL query represented by string argument jql_query. Visibility permissions applied are those of user in argument user_name. We advice to use this function for performance reasons when the number of issues to be retrieved or filtered is very high (all issues in a project or various projects). Typically you will want to use this function for replacing any current expression using getIssuesFromProjects() function. ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those issue types appearing in argument issue_types. Argument issue_types is a comma separated list of issue type names. ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those ones in statuses appearing in argument statuses. Argument statuses is a comma separated list of status names. ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those ones in statuses with categories in status_categories. Argument status_categories is a comma separated list of status category names. ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those ones with resolutions appearing in argument resolutions. Argument resolutions is a comma separated list of resolution names. If this argument receives an empty string ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those ones in projects present at argument projects. Argument projects is a comma separated list of project keys. ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those ones in projects with category in project_categories. Argument project_categories is a comma separated list of project category names. ISSUE [] NUMBER Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those issues where logical predicate formed by arguments field operator n is evaluated as true. Available comparison operators are ISSUE [] STRING Filters ISSUE [] in argument issues, leaving only those issues where logical predicate formed by arguments field operator s is evaluated as true. Available comparison operators are ISSUE [] NUMBER Returns ISSUE [] in l whose cardinality (i.e., the number of times it appears in list l) satisfies the comparison cardinality operator n. Available comparison operators: ISSUE [] Returns ISSUE [] with all issues in arguments l and m. Duplicated issues may appear in output. Use function union(l, m) instead, if you want to avoid repetitions. ISSUE [] Returns ISSUE [] with all issues in argument l or in argument m without duplicated issues. ISSUE [] Returns ISSUE [] with all issues in argument l which are not in argument m. Duplicated issues in l may appear in output. Use function distinct() to remove them if you need to. ISSUE [] Returns ISSUE [] with all issues in argument l and m simultaneously. ISSUE [] Returns ISSUE [] with all issues in list l without any duplication. STRING ISSUE [] Returns the STRING [] of string values stored in argument field in those issues in argument issues. Argument field has format %{...somefield}, or %{...somefield.i} for cascading select fields. The number of values in output is the number of issues in argument issues with field set, except for multi-valued fields, for which a value is returned for each selected value in the field. Multi-valued fields are fields of types Multi Select, Checkboxes, Components, Versions, Multi User Picker, Multi Group Picker, Issue Pickers, Attachments and Labels. NUMBER ISSUE [] Returns the NUMBER [] of numeric values stored in argument field in those issues in argument issues. Argument field has format {...somefield}. The number of values in output is the number of issues in argument issues with field set. ISSUE [] STRING Returns a STRING [] resulting of evaluating text_expression against each of the issues in argument issues. Argument text_expression is an expression that returns a string, where references to field values of issues in argument issues are done with prefix ^ before field code, e.g., ^%{...summary} is field code for Summary in each of the issues in argument issues. ISSUE [] NUMBER Returns a NUMBER [] resulting of evaluating math_time_expression against each of the issues in argument issues. Argument math_time_expression is a math/time expression, where references to field values of issues in argument issues are done with prefix ^ before field code, e.g., ^{...duedate} is field code for Due date in each of the issues in argument issues. STRING Returns the NUMBER of issue links to other Jira instances using any of the issue link types in argument issue_link_types. Argument issue_link_types is a comma separated list of issue link type names, or empty string ISSUE [] Returns the NUMBER of issues in l. STRING Returns anISSUE [] with all issues of projects in argument projects. Argument projects is a string containing a comma separated list of project keys or project names. ISSUE [] Returns an ISSUE [] with the first element in issue list l, or an empty list if l is an empty list. ISSUE [] Returns an ISSUE [] with the last element in issue list l, or an empty list if l is an empty list. ISSUE [] NUMBER Returns an ISSUE [] with the element at position n in issue list l, where n >= 1 and n <= count(l). Returns an empty list if n is greater than the number of elements in l. NUMBER Returns an ISSUE [] with elements in l from indexFrom index to indexTo index. Having indexFrom >= 1 and indexFrom <= count(l) and indexTo >= 1 and indexTo <= count(l) and indexFrom <= indexTo. STRING Returns the index NUMBER in issue list l of issue with key issue_key. Zero is returned when issue is not found in l. ISSUE [] Returns the index NUMBER in issue list l of first issue in element. Zero is returned when first issue in element is not found in l. ISSUE [] Returns an ISSUE [] with elements in l ordered according to values of field. Argument field has format {...somefield} for numeric and date-time fields, %{...somefield} for string fields, or %{...somefield.i} for cascading select fields. Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order). Overview
[HR-1,HR-2,HR-3]Issue list functions
Function Input Returned value subtasks() subtasks(issue list issues)
Example: subtasks(linkedIssues()) returns the list of sub-tasks of linked issues. subtasks(string issue_keys)
Example: subtasks(%{...parentIssuekey}) returns the list of sub-tasks of parent issue, i.e., sibling sub-tasks plus current sub-task. siblingSubtasks() siblingSubtasks() is equivalent to subtasks(%{...parentIssuekey}) EXCEPT issueKeysToIssueList(%{...Issuekey}) , where %{...parentIssuekey} is Parent's issue key and %{...Issuekey} is Issue key. siblingSubtasks(issue list issues) siblingSubtasks(string issue_keys) linkedIssues()
Example: distinct(linkedIssues() EXCEPT linkedIssues("has Epic, is Epic of")) returns all the issues linked to current issue, excluding Epic-Task issue links. linkedIssues(string issue_link_types) linkedIssues("") is equivalent to linkedIssues() .
Example: linkedIssues("blocks, clones") returns all issues linked with to current issue using issue link types blocks or clones. linkedIssues(string issue_link_types, issue list issues)
Example: linkedIssues("", subtasks()) returns all issues linked to current issue's sub-tasks using any issue link type. linkedIssues(string issue_link_types, string issue_keys)
Example: linkedIssues("is blocked by", %{...parentIssuekey}) returns all issues blocking parent issue. transitionLinkedIssues(string issue_link_types) ("") for representing all issue link types, i.e., transitionLinkedIssues("") is equivalent to transitionLinkedIssues() . This function is useful for validating only new issue links created by user in transition screen.
Example: transitionLinkedIssues("blocks, clones") returns the list of issues linked in current transition's screen using issue link types blocks and clones. transitivelyLinkedIssues(string issue_link_types) ("") for representing all issue link types.
Example of transitive link: if ISSUE-1 blocks ISSUE-2 blocks ISSUE 3, then ISSUE-1 is blocking transitively ISSUE-3. transitivelyLinkedIssues(string issue_link_types, issue list issues) ("") for representing all issue link types. transitivelyLinkedIssues(string issue_link_types, string issue_keys) ("") for representing all issue link types. epic() epic(issue list issues)
Example: epic(linkedIssues("is blocked by")) returns the list of epics of those issues which are blocking current issue. epic(string issue_keys)
Example: epic("CRM-15, HD-21") returns the list of epics under which issues with keys CRM-15 and HD-21 are. issuesUnderEpic() issuesUnderEpic(issue list issues)
Example: issuesUnderEpic(linkedIssues("is blocked by")) returns the list of issues directly under epics of issues blocking current issue. issuesUnderEpic(string issue_keys)
Example: issuesUnderEpic("CRM-15, HD-21") returns the list of issues directly under epic of issues with keys CRM-15 and HD-21. siblingIssuesUnderEpic() siblingIssuesUnderEpic(issue list issues)
Example: siblingIssuesUnderEpic(linkedIssues("is blocked by")) returns the list of issues directly under epics of issues blocking current issue, excluding from the output issues blocking current issue. siblingIssuesUnderEpic(string issue_keys)
Example: siblingIssuesUnderEpic("CRM-15, HD-21") returns the list of issues directly under epic of issues with keys CRM-15 and HD-21, excluding from the output issues with keys CRM-15 and HD-21. issuesFromJQL(string jql_query) issuesFromJQL(string jql_query, string user_name) filterByIssueType(issue list issues, string issue_types)
Example: filterByIssueType(subtasks(), "Bug, Improvement, New Feature") returns the list of sub-tasks with issue types Bug, Improvement or New Feature. filterByStatus(issue list issues, string statuses)
Example: filterByStatus(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), "Open, Reopened, In Progress") returns the list of blocking issues in statuses Open, Reopened or In Progress. filterByStatusCategory(issue list issues, string status_categories)
Example: filterByStatusCategory(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), "New, In Progress") returns the list of blocking issues in statuses with categories New or In Progress. filterByResolution(issue list issues, string resolutions) (""), the function will return issues with unset field Resolution.
Example: filterByResolution(subtasks(), "Won't Fix, Cancelled") returns the list of sub-tasks with resolutions Won't Fix or Cancelled. filterByProject(issue list issues, string projects)
Example: filterByProject(linkedIssues(), "CRM, HR") returns the list of linked issues belonging to projects with keys CRM or HR. filterByProjectCategory(issue list issues, string project_categories)
Example: filterByProjectCategory(linkedIssues(), "Development, Production") returns the list of linked issues belonging to projects in categories keys Development or Production. filterByFieldValue(issue list issues, numeric field field, comparison operator operator, number n) =, !=, <, <=, > and >= . Argument field has format {...somefield}.
Example: filterByFieldValue(subtasks(), {00079}, >, 1) returns sub-tasks with more than one Affects Version/s. filterByFieldValue(issue list issues, string field field, comparison operator operator, string s) =, !=, <, <=, >, >=, ~, !~, in and not in. Case ignoring operators are also available: =~, !=~, ~~, !~~, in~ and not in~ . Argument field has format %{...somefield} for string fields, or %{...somefield.i} for cascading select fields.
Example: filterByFieldValue(linkedIssues(), %{...components}, ~, "Web") returns linked issues with component "Web". filterByCardinality(issue list l, comparison operator operator, number n) =, !=, <, <=, > and >= .
Example: filterByCardinality(linkedIssues(), >, 1) returns a list with all issues linked to current issue with 2 or more issue links. append(issue list l, issue list m)
Example: append(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), subtasks()) returns the list blocking issues plus sub-tasks. If a sub-task is also linked with issue link type "is blocked by", it will appear twice in the output list. union(issue list l, issue list m)
Example: union(linkedIssues(), subtasks()) returns the list of linked issues and sub-tasks of current issue, without issue repetitions. except(issue list l, issue list m)
Example: except(linkedIssues(), subtasks()) returns the list of linked issues removing those which are also sub-tasks of current issue. intersect(issue list l, issue list m)
Example: intersect(linkedIssues(), subtasks()) returns the list of linked issues which are also sub-tasks of current issue. distinct(issue list l)
Example: distinct(linkedIssues()) returns the list of linked issues, with only one occurrence per issue, although an issue may be linked with more than one issue link type. fieldValue(string field field, issue list issues)
Example: fieldValue(%{...reporter}, subtasks()) returns the list of reporter users of sub-tasks. fieldValue(numeric field field, issue list issues)
Example: fieldValue({...duedate}, subtasks()) returns the list of Due Dates of sub-tasks. textOnIssueList(issue list issues, string text_expression)
Example: textOnIssueList(subtasks(), ^%{...assignee} = ^%{...reporter} ? ^%{...Issuekey} : null) returns the issue keys of sub-tasks with same user as reporter and as assignee. mathOnIssueList(issue list issues, number math_time_expression)
Example: mathOnIssueList(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), (^{...duedate} != null ? ^{...duedate} - ^{...created} : 0) / {HOUR}) returns a list of numbers with the number of days from issue creation to due date for all issues linked using "is blocked by" issue link type. numberOfRemoteIssueLinks(string issue_link_types) ("") for representing all issue link types. count(issue list l)
Example: count(filterByResolution(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), "")) returns the number of non-resolved blocking issues. getIssuesFromProjects(string projects)
Example: getIssuesFromProjects("CRM, HT") returns all issues in project CRM and HT.
This function can make your expression run slowly due to the high number of issues retrieved and needing to be filtered. Using issuesFromJQL() for retrieving and filtering issues will make your expression run much faster. first(issue list l) last(issue list l) nthElement(issue list l, number n) sublist(issue list l, number indexFrom, number indexTo) indexOf(string issue_key, issue list l) indexOf(issue list element, issue list l) sort(issue list l, field field, order)
Example: sort(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), {...duedate}, ASC) returns the list of issues blocking current issue, sorted in ascending order by Due date.Examples
Input Output subtasks()Returns the list of sub-tasks of the current issue. linkedIssues("is blocked by, is caused by")Returns the list of issues linked to current one through issue link types "is blocked by" and "is caused by". filterByIssueType(linkedIssues(), "Bug, Incident")Returns the list of linked issues with issue type "Bug" or "Incident". filterByPredicate(siblingSubtasks(), %{...resolution} != null)Returns the list of sibling sub-tasks (i.e., sub-tasks of same parent as current sub-task) which are not resolved.
Number lists
The Number list data type is an ordered list of numbers. This data type is returned, among others, by functions that return values of number fields in a selection of issues (linked issues, sub-tasks, and subsets). A number list can also be written in literal form using the following format: [number, number, ...]. Example The following functions are intended to build expressions that return number lists or numbers. NUMBER [] NUMBER Returns a NUMBER [] l whose cardinality (i.e., the number of times it appears in list l) satisfies the comparison cardinality operator n. Available comparison operators: NUMBER [] NUMBER Returns a NUMBER [] l satisfying the comparison number_in_list operator n. NUMBER [] BOOLEAN Returns a NUMBER [] l that validates a predicate. Argument predicate is a boolean expression, where ^ is used for referencing numeric values in argument l. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER [] with all numbers in arguments l and m. Duplicated numbers may appear in output. Use function union(l, m) instead, if you want to avoid repetitions. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER [] with all numbers in argument l or in argument m without duplicated numbers. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER []with all numbers in argument l which are not in argument m. Duplicated numbers in l may appear in output. Use function distinct() to remove them if you need to. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER [] with all numbers in argument l and m simultaneously. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER [] with all numbers in list l without any duplication. NUMBER [] Returns the NUMBER of numeric values in l. NUMBER NUMBER [] Returns the NUMBER of times n appears in l. NUMBER [] Returns the sum of NUMBER values in l. NUMBER [] Returns the arithmetic mean of NUMBER values in l. NUMBER [] Returns the maximum NUMBER value in l. NUMBER [] Returns the minimum NUMBER value in l. NUMBER [] Returns NUMBER of the first element in number list l, or null if l is an empty list. NUMBER [] Returns NUMBER of the first element in number list l, or null if l is an empty list. NUMBER [] NUMBER Returns NUMBER element at position n in number list l, where n >= 1 and n <= count(l). Returns null if n is greater than the number of elements in l. STRING NUMBER [] STRING [] Returns NUMBER in value_list that is in the same position as string key is in key_list, or in case key doesn't exist in key_list and value_list has more elements than key_list, the element of value_list in position NUMBER [] STRING [] Returns NUMBER value in value_list that is in the same position as numeric key is in key_list, or in case key doesn't exist in key_list and value_list has more elements than key_list, the element of value_list in position NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER [] with elements in l from indexFrom index to indexTo index. Having indexFrom >= 1 and indexFrom <= count(l) and indexTo >= 1 and indexTo <= count(l) and indexFrom <= indexTo. NUMBER NUMBER [] Returns the index of NUMBER value element in number list l. Zero is returned when element is not found in l. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER []with elements in l sorted in specified order. Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order). NUMBER [] STRING Returns a STRING [] resulting of evaluating text_expression against each of the numeric values in argument numbers. Argument text_expression is an expression that returns a string, where ^ represents each numeric value in argument numbers. NUMBER [] Returns a NUMBER [] resulting of evaluating math_time_expression against each of the numeric values in argument numbers. Argument math_time_expression is a math/time expression, where ^ represents each numeric value in argument numbers. Overview
Fixed values
[1, -2, 3, 3.14, 2.71]Number list functions
Function Input Returned value filterByCardinality(number list l, comparison operator operator, number n) =, !=, <, <=, > and >=.
Example: filterByCardinality([1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5], >, 1) returns the following number list: [1, 4] . filterByValue(number list l, comparison operator operator, number n)
Example: filterByValue([1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 25, 100], >, 10) returns the list of numbers greater than 10. i.e., [11, 25, 100] filterByPredicate(number list l, boolean expression predicate)
Example: filterByPredicate([1, 2, 3, 4], ^ > 2) returns values greater than 2, i.e., [3, 4] .
Example: filterByPredicate([1, 2, 3, 4], remainder(^, 2) = 0) returns even values, i.e., [2, 4] . append(number list l, number list m)
Example: append([1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]) returns [1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5] .
Example: append(fieldValue({00025}, linkedIssues("is blocked by")), fieldValue({00025}, subtasks())) returns a list of numbers with Total Time Spent (in minutes) in blocking issues and sub-tasks. This number list can be summed using function sum(). union(number list l, number list m)
Example: union([1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]) returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] . except(number list l, number list m)
Example: except([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [2, 4]) returns [1, 3, 5]. intersect(number list l, number list m)
Example: intersect([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [9, 7, 5, 3, 1]) returns [1, 3, 5] . distinct(number list l)
Example: distinct([1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5]) returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] .
Example: distinct(fieldValue({...duedate}, linkedIssues("is cloned by"))) returns a list of dates containing due dates of cloning issues, with only one occurrence per due date, although more than one issue may share the same due date. count(number list l)
Example: count([1, 1, 2, 2]) returns 4 .
Example: count(subtasks()) - count(fieldValue({...duedate}, subtasks())) returns the number of sub-tasks with field "Due Date" unset. count(number n, number list l)
Example: count(1, [1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0]) returns 3 . sum(number list l)
Example: sum([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) returns 15.
Example: sum(fieldValue({00025}, subtasks())) returns the total time spent in minutes in all sub-tasks of current issue. avg(number list l)
Example: avg([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) returns 3.
Example: avg(fieldValue({00024}, linkedIssues("is blocked by"))) returns the mean of remaining times in minutes among blocking issues. max(number list l)
Example: max([1, 2, 5, 4, 3]) returns 5.
Example: max(fieldValue({00024}, linkedIssues("is blocked by"))) returns the maximum remaining times in minutes among blocking issues. min(number list l)
Example: min([2, 1, 5, 4, 3]) returns 1.
Example: min(fieldValue({00024}, linkedIssues("is blocked by"))) returns the minimum remaining times in minutes among blocking issues. first(number list l)
Example: first([3, 2, 1, 0]) returns 3. last(number list l)
Example: last([3, 2, 1, 0]) returns 0. nthElement(number list l, number n)
Example: nthElement([5, 6, 7, 8], 3) returns 7. getMatchingValue(string key, string list key_list, number list value_list) count(key_list) + 1 .
Example: getMatchingValue("Three", ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"], [1, 1+1, 3*1, 4, 4+1]) returns 3. getMatchingValue(string key, string list key_list, number list value_list) count(key_list) + 1.
Example: getMatchingValue(5, [1, 3, 5, 7, 9], [1, 1+1, 3*1, 4, 4+1]) returns 3. sublist(number list l, number indexFrom, number indexTo)
Example: sublist([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2, 4) returns [2, 3, 4]. indexOf(number element, number list l)
Example: indexOf(1, [5, 2, 1, 4, 1]) returns 3. sort(number list l, order)
Example: sort([2, 4, 3, 1], ASC) returns [1, 2, 3, 4]. textOnNumberList(number list numbers, string text_expression)
Example: textOnNumberList([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], substring("smile", 0, ^)) returns string list ["s", "sm", "smi", "smil", "smile"]. mathOnNumberList(number list numbers, number math_time_expression)
Example: mathOnNumberList([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], ^ * 2) returns number list [2, 4, 6, 8, 10].
String lists
The String list data type is an ordered list of strings. This data type is returned, among others, by functions that return values of string fields in a selection of issues (linked issues, sub-tasks, and subsets). A string list can also be written in literal form using the following format: [string, string, ...]. Example The following functions are intended to build expressions that return string lists, strings or numbers. STRING []NUMBER Returns a STRING [] in l whose cardinality (i.e., the number of times it appears in list l) satisfies the comparison cardinality operator n. Available comparison operators: STRING []STRING Returns a STRING [] in l satisfying the comparison string_in_list operator s. STRING []BOOLEAN Returns a STRING [] in l that validate predicate. Argument predicate is a boolean expression, where STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with all strings in arguments l and m. Duplicated string may appear in output. Use function union(l, m) instead, if you want to avoid repetitions. STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with all strings in argument l or in argument m without duplicated strings. STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with all strings in argument l which are not in argument m. Duplicated strings in l may appear in output. Use function distinct() to remove them if you need to. STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with all strings in argument l and m simultaneously. STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with all strings in list l without any duplication. STRING [] Returns the NUMBER of string values in l. STRINGSTRING [] Returns the NUMBER of times s appears in l. STRING [] Returns the first element in STRING list l, or STRING [] Returns the first element in STRING list l, or STRING []NUMBER Returns element at position n in STRING list l, where n >= 1 and n <= count(l). Returns STRINGSTRING [] Returns STRING value in value_list that is in the same position as string key is in key_list, or in case key doesn't exist in key_list and value_list has more elements than key_list, the element of value_list in position STRINGSTRING [] Returns STRING value in value_list that is in the same position as numeric key is in key_list, or in case key doesn't exist in key_list and value_list has more elements than key_list, the element of value_list in position STRING []NUMBER Returns a STRING [] with elements in l from indexFrom index to indexTo index. Having indexFrom >= 1 and indexFrom <= count(l) and indexTo >= 1 and indexTo <= count(l) and indexFrom <= indexTo. STRINGSTRING [] Returns the index NUMBER of string element in string list l. Zero is returned when element is not found in l. STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with elements in l lexicographically ordered. Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order). STRING [] Returns a STRING [] resulting of evaluating text_expression against each of the strings in argument strings. Argument text_expression is an expression that returns a string, where STRING [] Returns a NUMBER [] resulting of evaluating math_time_expression against each of the issues in argument issues. Argument math_time_expression is a math/time expression, where Returns a string list with all the components present in the sub-tasks of the current issue without duplicates.Overview
Fixed values
["Blue", "Green", "Yellow", "Orange", "Red"]String list functions
Function Input Returned value filterByCardinality(string list l, comparison operator operator, number n) =, !=, <, <=, > and >= .
Example: filterByCardinality(["tiger", "tiger", "tiger", "tiger", "lion", "lion", "lion", "cat", "cat", "lynx"], <, 3) returns ["cat", "lynx"] .
Example: filterByCardinality(fieldValue(%{...components}, subtasks()), =, count(subtasks())) returns a list with the Components present in all sub-tasks, i.e., those components common to all sub-tasks of current issue. filterByValue(string list l, comparison operator operator, string s)
Example: filterByValue(["John", "Robert", "Kevin", "Mark"], ~, "r") returns the list of string containing substring "r". i.e., ["Robert", "Mark"] filterByPredicate(string list l, boolean expression predicate) ^% is used for referencing string values in argument l.
Example: filterByPredicate(["book", "rose", "sword"], length(^%) > 4) returns ["sword"] .
Example: filterByPredicate(["book", "rose", "sword"], ^% in %{...summary} OR ^% in %{...description}) returns a list with those strings in first argument that also appear in issue Summary or Description. append(string list l, string list m)
Example: append(["blue", "red", "green"], ["red", "green", "yellow"]) returns ["blue", "red", "green", "red", "green", "yellow"] .
Example: append(fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, subtasks()), fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, linkedIssues("is blocked by"))) returns a string list with Fix Version/s of sub-tasks and blocking issues. union(string list l, string list m)
Example: union(["blue", "red", "green"], ["red", "green", "yellow"]) returns ["blue", "red", "green", "yellow"] .
Example:
union(fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, subtasks()), fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, linkedIssues()))
returns the list of Fix Version/s selected among all sub-tasks and linked issues. except(string list l, string list m)
Example: except(["blue", "red", "green", "black"], ["red", "green", "yellow"]) returns ["blue", "black"] .
Example: except(fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, subtasks()), fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, linkedIssues())) returns the list of Fix Version/s in sub-tasks and not in linked issues. intersect(string list l, string list m)
Example: intersect(["blue", "red", "green", "black"], ["red", "green", "yellow"]) returns ["red", "green"] .
Example: union(fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, subtasks()), fieldValue(%{...fixVersions}, linkedIssues())) returns the list of Fix Version/s common to sub-tasks and linked issues. distinct(string list l)
Example: distinct(["blue", "green", "yellow", "blue", "yellow"]) returns ["blue", "green", "yellow"] .
Example: distinct(fieldValue(%{...assignee}, subtasks())) returns the list of assignees to sub-tasks, with only one occurrence per user, although a user may have more than one sub-task assigned. count(string list l)
Example: count(["blue", "red", "blue", "black"]) returns 4 .
Example: count(distinct(fieldValue(%{...components}, subtasks()))) returns the number of Components selected among all sub-tasks. count(string s, string list l)
Example: count("blue", ["blue", "blue", "red", "red", "blue", "green"]) returns 3 . first(string list l) null if l is an empty list.
Example: first(["blue", "red", "green"]) returns "blue" . last(string list l) null if l is an empty list.
Example: last(["blue", "red", "green"]) returns "green" . nthElement(string list l, number n) null if n is greater than the number of elements in l.
Example: nthElement(["blue", "red", "green"], 2) returns "red" . getMatchingValue(string key, string list key_list, string list value_list) count(key_list) + 1
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Example: getMatchingValue("Spain", ["USA", "UK", "France", "Spain", "Germany"], ["Washington", "London", "Paris", "Madrid", "Berlin"]) returns "Madrid" . getMatchingValue(string key, string list key_list, string list value_list) count(key_list) + 1.
Example: getMatchingValue(8, [2, 4, 6, 8, 10], ["Washington", "London", "Paris", "Madrid", "Berlin"]) returns "Madrid" . sublist(string list l, number indexFrom, number indexTo)
Example: sublist(["red", "green", "blue", "purple", "white"], 2, 4) returns ["green", "blue", "purple"] . indexOf(string element, string list l)
Example: indexOf("blue", ["red", "blue", "green"]) returns 2 . sort(string list l, order)
Example: sort(["red", "blue", "green"], ASC) returns ["blue", "green", "red"] . textOnStringList(string list strings, string text_expression) ^% represents each string in argument strings.
Example: textOnStringList(["albert", "riCHard", "MARY"], capitalizeWordsFully(^%)) returns ["Albert", "Richard", "Mary"] . mathOnStringList(string list strings, number math_time_expression) ^% represents each string in argument strings.
Example: mathOnStringList(["a", "ab", "abc", "abcd", "abcde"], length(^%)) returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] .Examples
Input Output ["red", "blue", "green"]A string list with the names of 3 colors fieldValue(%{...summary}, subtasks())Returns the list of summaries of sub-tasks of the current issue toStringList(%{...components})Returns a list with the names of the components of the current issue. distinct(toStringList(toString(fieldValue(%{...components}, subtasks())), ","))
List operators
There are three different data types that return lists. i.e., types that are based on lists, or ordered collections of elements. These data types are: There are four available operators for working on list-based data types:General Information
List Operators
Operator Behavior Examples l APPEND mReturns a list with elements in l followed by elements in m, therefore the number of elements is the sum of the number of elements in l and m.
Order is respected. It may contain repeated elements. [1, 2, 3] APPEND [3, 4, 4] = [1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4]
["blue", "red", "red"] APPEND ["red", "green"] = ["blue", "red", "red", "red", "green"]
subtasks() UNION subtasks() returns a list containing twice all the sub-tasks of current issue.l UNION mReturns a list with elements in l and elements m without repetitions.
Order is respected. [1, 2, 3] UNION [3, 4, 4] = [1, 2, 3, 4]
["blue", "red", "red"] UNION ["red", "green"] = ["blue", "red", "green"]
linkedIssues() UNION subtasks() returns a list with linked issues and sub-tasks of current issue without repetitions.l INTERSECT mReturns a list with the elements present in both lists simultaneously. Returned list doesn't contain element repetitions.
Order is respected. [1, 1, 2, 3] INTERSECT [1, 3, 5] = [1, 3]
["red", "blue", "blue"] INTERSECT ["blue", "yellow", "yellow"] = ["blue"]
linkedIssues() INTERSECT subtasks() returns a list with those sub-tasks which are also linked to current issue.l EXCEPT mReturns a list with elements in l which are not present in list m. Returned list doesn't contain element repetitions.
Order is respected. [1, 2, 2, 3, 3] EXCEPT [2, 5, 6] = [1, 3]
["red", "red", "blue", "blue", "green"] EXCEPT ["blue", "yellow"] = ["red", "green"]
linkedIssues() EXCEPT subtasks() returns a list with linked issues which are not sub-tasks of current issue.append, union, intersect and except .Precedence Order and Associativity
OPERATORS PRECEDENCE ASSOCIATIVITY l INTERSECT m1 (highest) Left-to-Right l UNION m, l EXCEPT m, l APPEND m2 (lowest) Left-to-Right
Selectable fields
Selectable fields are fields with a limited domain or set of options or possible values. These fields includes: FIELD Returns the NUMBER of selected items in select or multiselect field with field code %{...somefield}. FIELD Returns the NUMBER of available options in select or multiselect field with field code %{...somefield}. It's equivalent to FIELD Returns a STRING [] with available options in select or multiselect field with field code %{...somefield}. Disabled options are discarded. FIELD Returns a STRING [] with all available child options in cascading or multilevel cascading field with ID %{...somefield}, and for option parent option. In the case of multilevel cascading fields, a comma separated list of options should be entered. Disabled options are discarded. FIELD Returns a STRING [] with all available options in select or multiselect field with field code %{...somefield}. Disabled options are included. FIELD Returns a STRING [] with all available child options in cascading or multilevel cascading field with ID %{...somefield}, and for option parent option. In the case of multilevel cascading fields, a comma separated list of options should be entered. Disabled options are included.Overview
Available functions
Function Input Returned value numberOfSelectedItems(%{...somefield}) : number numberOfAvailableItems(%{...somefield}) : number count(availableItems(%{...somefield})) . Disabled options are discarded. availableItems(%{...somefield}) : string list
Example: availableItems(%{00103}) returns a string list with all security levels available for the project and current user. availableItems(%{...somefield}, string option) : string list
0 allAvailableItems(%{...somefield}) : string list
Example: availableItems(%{00103}) returns a string list with all security levels available for the project and current user. allAvailableItems(%{...somefield}, string option) : string list
Users, groups and roles
The expression parser offers multiple functions to manage user-, group- and role-related information. STRING Checks if a user is in a group. BOOLEAN Argument user_name can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names or role names. In that case the function will return true only if all users in the list, groups of the list, and in the roles of the list, are in the group in the second argume{nt. Example STRING Checks if a user or group of users plays a role in current project. BOOLEAN Argument user_name can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names or role names. In that case the function will return true only if all users in the list, groups of the list, and in the roles of the list, are in project role in the second argument, for current project. Example STRING Checks if a user or group of users plays a role in a certain project. BOOLEAN Argument user_name can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names or role names. In that case the function will return true only if all users in the list, groups of the list, and in the roles of the list, are in role in the second argument, for the project in the third argument. Example STRING Checks if a user is active. BOOLEAN Argument user_name can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names or role names. In that case the function will return true only if all users in the list, groups of the list, and in the roles of the list, are active. Example STRING Returns a STRING with the full name of the user in argument user_name. Argument user_name is a string with a user name, not to be confused with user full name. Example STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with the full names of the users in argument user_names. Argument user_names is a string list with user names, not to be confused with users full names. Example STRING Returns a STRING with the email of the user in argument user_name. Argument user_name is a string with a user name, not to be confused with user full name. Example STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with the emails of the users in argument user_names. Argument user_names is a string list with a user names, not to be confused with users full names. Example STRING Returns a STRING with the name of a user whose full name is equal to argument fullName. Returned value is a string with a user name. STRING Returns a STRING [] with the user names of those users with emails equal to argument email. In case that only one user is expected, function first(string list) can be used to extract a string with its user name. STRING Returns the STRING value of the user property with name propertyName which belongs to user with user name userName. If the user doesn't have the property, STRING Returns the STRING [] of values of the user property with name propertyName in all the users whose names are contained in userNames. The output will contain as many strings as users have the property set. STRING Returns the STRING [] of user names (not be confused with full user name) of those active users playing project role with name projectRoleName in current issue's project. Parameter projectRoleName can be a comma separated list of project role names, returning the users that play any of the project roles. STRING Equivalent to the previous function that returns a STRING [] with extra argument projectKey for selecting the project argument projectRoleName refers to. STRING Returns the STRING [] of user names of those active users in group with name groupName. Parameter groupName can be a comma separated list of group names, returning the users that belong to any of the groups. STRING Returns the STRING [] of role names of those project roles the user with name userName plays in current project. Parameter userName can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names and project role names, returning the list of project roles for those users represented by input argument. STRING Returns the STRING [] of role names of those project roles the user with name userName plays in project with key projectKey. Parameter userName can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names and project role names, returning the list of project roles for those users represented by input argument. STRING Returns the STRING [] of group names of those groups the user with name userName belongs to. Parameter userName can also be a comma separated list of user names, group names and project role names, returning the list of project roles for those users represented by input argument. STRING Returns the STRING of the user name of the Assign to project role project role with name projectRoleName in current issue's project, or STRING Equivalent to the previous STRING function but with extra argument projectKey for selecting the project argument projectRoleName refers to. STRING Returns the STRING of user name of the last user who had current issue assigned, and currently plays project role with name projectRoleName in current issue's project, or STRING Returns theSTRING of user name of the last user who had issue with key issueKey assigned, and currently plays project role with name projectRoleName in current issue's project, or STRING Returns the name of the active user playing project role with name projectRoleName in current issue's project, and has the lower number of issues with resolution empty assigned; or Example STRING Equivalent to the previous function but with extra argument projectKey for selecting the project argument projectRoleName refers to. STRING Equivalent to the previous function but with extra argument jqlQuery, used for restricting the issues to be considered to pick the least busy user as a STRING. Example STRING Returns the STRING name of the next active user in group with name groupName, for a round-robin queue with name queueName. The string queueName is an arbitrary name. The queue is automatically created the first time a queue is used in a function call. Each time the function is called on the same pair of arguments ExampleOverview
Available functions
Function Input Returned value isInGroup(string user_name, string group_name) isInGroup(%{...assignee}, "jira-developers") returns true if Assignee in in group jira-developers. isInRole(string user_name, string role_name) isInRole(%{...reporter}, "Testers") returns true in Reporter is in project role Testers. isInRole(string user_name, string role_name, string project_key) isInRole(%{...currentUser}, "Developers", "CRM") returns true in Current user is in project role Developers in project with key "CRM". isActive(string user_name) isActive(%{...componentLeads}) returns true if all users who are component leaders in current project are active. userFullName(string user_name) userFullName(%{...currentUser}) returns the user's full name of current user. userFullName(string list user_names) userFullName(toStringList(%{...watchers})) returns a list with the users full names of current issue's watchers. userEmail(string user_name) userEmail(%{...currentUser}) returns the email of current user. userEmail(string list user_names) userEmail(toStringList(%{...watchers})) returns a list with the emails of current issue's watchers. fullNameToUser(string fullName) usersWithEmail(string email) userProperty(string propertyName, string userName) "" will be returned. userProperty(string propertyName, string list userNames) usersInRole(string projectRoleName) usersInRole(string projectRoleName, string projectKey) usersInGroup(string groupName) rolesUserPlays(string userName) rolesUserPlays(string userName, string projectKey) groupsUserBelongsTo(string userName) defaultUserForRole(string projectRoleName) "" if no default user is defined for the project role. defaultUserForRole(string projectRoleName, string projectKey) lastAssigneeInRole(string projectRoleName) "" if current issue was never assigned to a user currently in the project role. lastAssigneeInRole(string projectRoleName, string issueKey) null if current issue was never assigned to a user currently in the project role. leastBusyUserInRole(string projectRoleName) "" if there isn't any user in the project role. Parameter projectRoleName can be a comma separated list of project role names, returning the least busy users among the project roles. leastBusyUserInRole("Developers") returns the STRING user playing role Developers in current project with the least number of unresolved issues in all the Jira instance assigned. leastBusyUserInRole(string projectRoleName, string projectKey)
Example: leastBusyUserInRole("Developers", "CRM") returns STRING of the user playing role Developers in project with key CRM with the least number of unresolved issues in all the Jira instance assigned. leastBusyUserInRole(string projectRoleName, string projectKey, string jqlQuery) leastBusyUserInRole("Developers", %{...projectKey}, "project = " + %{...projectKey}) returns the user playing role Developers in current project, with the least number of unresolved issues in current project assigned. nextUserInGroup(string groupName, string queueName) (group, queue) , a different user in the group is returned. The queue can be used in different transitions of the same or different workflows within the same Jira instance. null is returned if group is empty. nextUserInGroup("jira-developers", "code-review-queue") returns the username of the next user in group jira-developers for round-robin queue code-review-queue. Each time the function is called with the same pair of arguments, a different username is returned.
Versions
The expression parser offers multiple functions to retrieve version related field values. Function Returned value Returns a STRING [] with unreleased version names of current issue's project. Returned versions may be archived. STRING Returns a STRING [] with unreleased version names of projects in argument projects. Returned versions may be archived. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. Returns a STRING [] with released version names of current issue's project. Returned versions may be archived. STRING Returns a STRING [] with released version names of projects in argument projects. Returned versions may be archived. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. STRING Returns a NUMBER [] with the release dates for versions in string versions for current issues project. Parameter versions is a comma separated list of version names. STRING Returns a NUMBER []with the release dates for versions in string versions for projects in parameter projects. Parameter versions is a comma separated list of version names. Parameter projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. STRING Returns a NUMBER [] with the start dates for versions in string versions for current issues project. Parameter versions is a comma separated list of version names. Example: STRING Returns a NUMBER [] with the start dates for versions in string versions for projects in parameter projects. Parameter versions is a comma separated list of version names. Parameter projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. Example: Returns a STRING [] with released version names of current issue's project. Returned versions may be archived. STRING Returns a STRING [] with released version names of projects in argument projects. Returned versions may either released or unreleased. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. Returns STRING with the name of the latest released version in current issue's project. STRING Returns STRING [] with the name of the latest released version among projects in argument projects. Returned versions may either released or unreleased. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. STRING Returns STRING [] with the name of the latest released version excluding archived ones for projects in argument projects. Returned versions may either released or unreleased. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. Returns STRING with the name of the earliest unreleased version in current issue's project. STRING Returns STRING [] with the name of the earliest unreleased version among projects in argument projects. Returned versions may either released or unreleased. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. Returns STRING with the name of the earliest unreleased version in current issue's project excluding archived ones. STRING Returns STRING [] with the name of the earliest unreleased version excluding archived ones for projects in argument projects. Returned versions may either released or unreleased. Arguments projects is a comma separated list of project keys or project names. unreleasedVersionsBySequence() Available since version 1.1.0 Returns a STRING [] with the unreleased versions in the current project with the default order. Only non-archived versions are returned. The first version in the list is the lowermost version in the version table. releasedVersionsBySequence() Available since version 1.1.0 Returns a STRING [] with the released versions in the current project with the default order. Only non-archived versions are returned. The first version in the list is the lowermost version in the version table.Overview
Available functions
Input unreleasedVersions()
Example: toStringList(%{...versions}) any in unreleasedVersions() validates that at least one affected version is unreleased.unreleasedVersions(string projects) releasedVersions()
Example: toStringList(%{...fixVersions}) in releasedVersions() validates that all fixed versions are released.releasedVersions(string projects)
Example: toStringList(^%{...fixVersions}) in releasedVersions(^%{...projectKey})validates that all fixed versions of a foreign issue are released.releaseDates(string versions)
Example: releaseDates(%{...fixVersions}) returns the list of release dates for Fix Version/s. releaseDates(string versions, string projects)
Example: releaseDates(%{...versions}, "CRM") returns the list of release dates for affected versions for project with key "CRM". .startDates(string versions) startDates(%{...fixVersions}) returns the list of start dates for fixed versions. startDates(string versions, string projects) startDates(%{...versions}, "CRM") returns the list of start dates for affected versions for project with key " CRM ". archivedVersions() archivedVersions(string projects) latestReleasedVersion()
Example: latestReleasedVersion() in archivedVersions() validates that the latest released version in current issue's project is archived.latestReleasedVersion(string projects) latestReleasedUnarchivedVersion(string projects) earliestUnreleasedVersion()
Example: earliestUnreleasedVersion() not in archivedVersions() validates that earliest unreleased version in current issue's project is not archived.earliestUnreleasedVersion(string projects) earliestUnreleasedUnarchivedVersion() earliestUnreleasedUnarchivedVersion(string projects)
Historical field values
The expression parser offers multiple functions to retrieve historical field values. Functions for accessing historical field values are available for the following fields: FIELD Returns a STRING with the previous value of a field for current issue. It will return FIELD Returns a NUMBER with the previous value of a numeric or date field for current issue. It will return FIELD Returns a STRING with the previous value of a cascading or multi-cascading select field for current issue at level i (with root level = 0). It will return FIELD Returns a STRING [] with all the values that a field has ever had in the past for current issue. Values appear in the list in ascending ordered by setting time, i.e., older value has index FIELD Returns a NUMBER [] with all the values that a numeric or date-time field has ever had in the past for current issue. Values appear in the list in ascending ordered by setting time, i.e., older value has index FIELD Returns a STRING [] with all the values that a cascading or multi-cascading select field has ever had in the past for level i (with root level = 0) in current issue. Values appear in the list in ascending ordered by setting time, i.e., older value has index FIELD Returns BOOLEAN true only if field has changed in current transition. FIELD Returns BOOLEAN true only if numeric or date-time field field has changed in current transition. FIELD Returns BOOLEAN true only if cascading select field has changed for level i (with root level = 0) in current transition.Overview
Available functions
Function Input Returned value previousValue(%{...somefield}) null if field was previously uninitialized. previousValue({...somefield}) null if field was previously uninitialized. previousValue(%{...somefield.i}) null if field was previously uninitialized. fieldHistory(%{...somefield}) 1, and most recent value has index count(string_list) . Uninitialized field statuses are represented by empty strings. fieldHistory({...somefield}) 1, and most recent value has index count(number_list) . Uninitialized field statuses are not represented. fieldHistory(%{...somefield.i}) 1, and most recent value has index count(string_list) . Uninitialized field statuses are represented by empty strings. hasChanged(%{...somefield})
Function hasChanged(field_code) is used when we set a validation that is incompatible with a condition in a same transition, typically when validating a value entered in the transition screen. When Jira evaluates the validations in a transition, it also reevaluates the conditions, and if they are not satisfied an Action X is invalid error message is shown and the transition is not executed.
Example: Let's suppose we have a boolean condition like {...duedate} = null (i.e., Due date = null) in a transition, so that it's only shown when Due date is empty. This transition also has a transition screen containing field Due date, and a boolean validation {...duedate} != null , in order to make Due date required in the transition.
The configuration described above will not work, since both condition and validation are mutually incompatible. We can fix it replacing the boolean condition with {...duedate} = null OR hasChanged(%{...duedate}) . hasChanged({...somefield}) hasChanged({...somefield.i})
Miscellaneous
The expression parser offers multiple functions that cannot easily be categorized. A comprehensive list can be found below. STRING Returns a STRING with the value of project property with name property_name in current issue's project. STRING Returns a STRING with the value of project property with name property_name in project with key project_key. STRING Returns BOOLEAN true only if there is a project property with name property_name in current issue's project, i.e., if project's description contains a string like {property_name=value}. Example: STRING Returns BOOLEAN true only if there is a project property with name property_name in project with key project_key. Example Returns BOOLEAN true only if current issue is a clone of another issue. An issue is a clone of another issue if it's being created by Jira "Clone" operation, or has issue links of type "clones". This function if useful for bypassing validations in transition Create Issue when the issue is being created by a clone operation. Returns a STRING [] with all the comments in current issue in ascension order by creation date. STRING Returns a STRING [] with all the comments in issues with keys in issue_keys, in order of appearance in issue_keys, and by creation date in ascension order. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Example ISSUE [] Returns a STRING [] with all the comments in issues in l, in order of appearance in l, and by creation date in ascension order. Returns a STRING [] with the user names of comment authors and updaters in current issue, in ascension order by commenter's actuation time. The same user appears in the output as many times as the comments the user created and updated. Returns a STRING [] with the user names of comment creators in current issue, in ascension order by commenter's actuation time. A same user appears in the output as many times as comments has created. For anonimous comments an empty string ( STRING Returns a STRING [] with the user names of comment creators in issues with keys in issue_keys, in order of appearance in issue_keys, and in ascension order by commenter's actuation time. A same user appears in the output as many times as comments has created. For anonymous comments an empty string ( STRING [] Returns a STRING [] with the user names of comment creators of issues in l, in order of appearance in l, and in ascension order by commenter's actuation time. A same user appears in the output as many times as comments has created. For anonimous comments an empty string ( STRING Returns a STRING [] with the user names of comment authors and updaters of issues with keys in issue_keys, in order of appearance in issue_keys, and in ascension order by commenter's actuation time. Argument issue_keys is a comma separated list of issue keys. Example Returns a STRING [] with the user names of comment authors and updaters of issues in l in ascension order by actuation time, in order of appearance in l, and in ascension order by commenter's actuation time. STRING Returns a STRING [] with the names of the users who transitioned current issue from origin_status to destination_status, order ascending by time. An empty string as argument is interpreted as any status. Example STRING Returns a STRING []with the names of the users who transitioned current issue from origin_status to destination_status, order ascending by time. An empty string as argument is interpreted as any status. Example STRING Returns a NUMBER []with the times when current issue was transitioned from origin_status to destination_status, order ascending by time. An empty string as argument is interpreted as any status. Example STRING Returns a NUMBER [] with the times when issue with key issue_key was transitioned from origin_status to destination_status, order ascending by time. An empty string as argument is interpreted as any status. Example STRING Returns the user name of the component lead with name component_name in current issue's project as STRING. This function also admits a comma separated list of components, and returns a comma separated list of user names. Output will contain repeated user names if a same user is leader of more than one component. Example STRING Returns a the user name of the component lead with name component_name in project with key project_key as STRING. This function also admits a comma separated list of components, and returns a comma separated list of user names. Output will contain repeated user names if a same user is leader of more than one component. Example STRING Returns a STRING of the internal ID of issue with key issue_key. This function also admits a comma separated list of issue keys, and returns a comma separated list of internal IDs. Example STRING Returns a STRING of the issue key of issue with internal ID issue_ID. This function also admits a comma separated list of issue IDs, and returns a comma separated list of issue keys. Example Returns a STRING []with all the project keys in the JIRA instance. STRING Returns a STRING [] with the project keys of those projects that belong to project category with name category. projectName(string project_key) STRING Returns a STRING with the name of the project with key project_key. STRING Returns a STRING with the category of the project with key project_key.Overview
Available functions
Function Input Returned value projectProperty(string property_name) null is returned if project property doesn't exist.
Example: projectProperty("maxNumberOfReopenings") returns "3" , provided there is a string {maxNumberOfReopenings=3} in the description of current issue's project. projectProperty(string property_name, string project_key) null is returned if project property doesn't exist.
Example: projectProperty("maxNumberOfReopenings", "CRM") returns "3" , provided there is a string {maxNumberOfReopenings=3} in the description of project with key CRM. projectPropertyExists(string property_name) projectPropertyExists("maxNumberOfReopenings") returns true only if there is a string like {maxNumberOfReopenings=x} in the description of current issue's project. projectPropertyExists(string property_name, string project_key) projectPropertyExists("maxNumberOfReopenings", "CRM") returns true only if there is a string like {maxNumberOfReopenings=x} in the description of project with key CRM. isAClone() allComments() allComments(string issue_keys) allComments(%{...parentIssuekey}) returns parent issue's comments. allComments(issue list l)
Example: allComments(subtasks()) returns all the comments in all the sub-tasks of current issue. allCommenters() allCommentCreators() "") is returned. allCommentCreators(string issue_keys) "") is returned. allCommentCreators(string list l) "") is returned. allCommenters(string issue_keys) allComments(%{...parentIssuekey}) returns a string list with the user names of comment authors of parent issue. allCommenters(issue list l)
Example: allCommenters(linkedIssues("is blocked by")) returns a list with all the commenters and comment updaters for linked issues blocking current issue. usersWhoTransitioned(string origin_status, string destination_status) last(usersWhoTransitioned("Open", "In Progress")) returns the name of the user who executed transition "Start Progress" more recently. usersWhoTransitioned(string origin_status, string destination_status, string issue_key) count(usersWhoTransitioned("Open", "In Progress", %{...parentIssuekey})) returns the number of times transition "Start Progress" has been executed in parent issue. timesOfTransition(string origin_status, string destination_status) last(timesOfTransition("", "Resolved")) returns the most recent time when the issue was resolved. timesOfTransition(string origin_status, string destination_status, string issue_key) first(usersWhoTransitioned("Closed", "", %{...parentIssuekey})) returns the first time when parent issue was reopened. componentLeader(string component_name) componentLeader(%{...components}) returns a comma separated list with the user names of the leaders of current issue's components. componentLeader(string component_name, string project_key) componentLeader("Web Portal", "CRM") returns the user name of the leader of the component with name Web Portal in project with key CRM. issueIDFromKey(string issue_key) issueIDFromKey("CRM-1") returns "10001" . issueKeyFromID(string issue_ID) issueIDFromKey("10001") returns "CRM-1" . projectKeys() projectKeys(string category)
projectCategory(string project_key)
Functions to temporarily store and retrieve values
| Function | Returned value |
|---|---|
| setBoolean(string variable_name, boolean value) : boolean | Creates a variable named variable_name for storing a boolean value, and assigns it a value, which is also returned in order to be used within an expression. Example: |
| getBoolean(string variable_name) : boolean | Returns the value stored in a boolean variable named variable_name, which was previously created using the setBoolean() function. Example: |
| setNumber(string variable_name, number value) : number | Creates a variable named variable_name for storing a number, and assigns it a value, which is also returned in order to be used within an expression. Example: |
| getNumber(string variable_name) : number | Returns the value stored in a numeric variable named variable_name, which was previously created using the setNumber() function. Example: |
| setString(string variable_name, string value) : string | Creates a variable named variable_name for storing a string, and assigns it a value, which is also returned in order to be used within an expression. Example: |
| getString(string variable_name) : string | Returns the value stored in string variable named variable_name, which was previously created using the setString() function. Example: |
| setNumberList(string variable_name, number list value) : number list | Creates a variable named variable_name for storing a number list, and assigns it a value, which is also returned in order to be used within an expression. Example: |
| getNumberList(string variable_name) : number list | Returns the value stored in number list variable named variable_name, which was previously created using the setNumberList() function. Example: |
| setStringList(string variable_name, string list value) : string list | Creates a variable named variable_name for storing a string list, and assigns it a value, which is also returned in order to be used within an expression. Example: |
| getStringList(string variable_name) : string list | Returns the value stored in string list variable named variable_name, which was previously created using the setStringList() function. Example: |
| setIssueList(string variable_name, issue list value) : issue list | Creates a variable named variable_name for storing an issue list, and assigns it a value, which is also returned in order to be used within an expression. Example: |
| getIssueList(string variable_name) : issue list | Returns the value stored in issue list variable named variable_name, which was previously created using setIssueList() function. Example: |
