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Update almost any field to any valid value.

Update field configuration

Below you will find a detailed description of each parameter needed to configure the action.

Field*

Select the field that should be updated. Based on the selected field it can be chosen from the following option:

  • Selected value - set a dedicated value. Only available for selectable fields.
  • No value - clear field - clears the value from the specified field.
  • Value returned by parsed expression - be creative and use the expression parser to set the field value.

Additional options

Enable email notifications

Choose whether an email notification should be sent according to the applicable notification scheme or not.

Run as

Select the user that will be used to execute this action.


Use cases

Use caseAutomated actionUse case descriptionComplexity
Sum up value in parent issue on field change in sub-tasks

Update Field

Calculate field values from all sub-tasks and writes the sum into a corresponding field in the parent issue.  

INTERMEDIATE

Keep the priority of parents and sub-tasks in sync

Update Field

When the priority of a parent issue is updated, all sub-tasks will be updated accordingly.

BEGINNER

Update assignee and reporter to facilitate user deletion

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Assign issue

Update field

To facilitate deleting a user account, all issues will be reassigned and the reporter changed to avoid potential problems when deleting the user.

INTERMEDIATE

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