The list below contains some use cases that can be realized using Smart Fields for Jira.
Make sure to come by once in a while since the number of use cases will grow over time.
For all examples marked with a 
, you do not even have to copy and paste the code. Simply search for the field in the expression editor.
Use cases and examples
| Use case | Feature | Built-in | Parsing mode | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All email addresses mentioned in the issue description |
| General | %{findPattern(%{issue.description},"(?<=mailto:)([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)")}
| |
| Attachment authors |
| Jira expression | issue?.attachments?.reduce((result,att) =>
result.set(att.author.displayName,""),
new Map()).entries().flatten().filter(entry => entry != "")
| |
| Attachment filenames |
|
| General | %{issue.attachments}
|
| Attachment mimetypes |
| Jira expression | issue?.attachments?.reduce((result,att) =>
result.set(att.mimeType,""),
new Map()).entries().flatten().filter(entry => entry != "")
| |
| Comment authors |
| Jira expression | issue.comments.reduce((result, comment) =>
result.set(comment.author.displayName, ""),
new Map()).entries().flatten().filter(entry => entry != "")
| |
| First comment |
| Jira expression | issue?.comments[0]?.body?.plainText | |
| First comment author |
| Jira expression | issue?.comments[0]?.author?.displayName | |
| ICE score |
| Jira expression | (issue?.customfield_IIIII || 0) * (issue?.customfield_CCCCC || 0) * (issue?.customfield_EEEEE || 0) Replace the IDs with the ones of your number custom fields Impact (IIIII), Confidence (CCCCC) and Ease (EEEEE). | |
| Issue ID |
|
| General | %{issue.id}
|
| Issue type description |
| Jira expression | issue?.issueType?.description | |
| Last comment |
|
| General | %{issue.lastComment}
|
| Last comment author |
| Jira expression | issue?.comments[issue?.comments?.length-1]?.author?.displayName | |
| Last status change author |
| Jira expression | issue.changelogs.filter(c=>c.items.some(i=>i.field=="status"))[0]?.author.displayName | |
| Number of affected versions |
|
| General | %{issue.versions.length}
|
| Number of attachments |
|
| General | %{issue.attachments.length}
|
| Number of comments |
| Jira expression | issue?.comments?.length | |
| Number of incoming issue links |
| Jira expression | issue?.links?.filter(link => link.direction == "inward").length | |
| Number of issues in an epic |
| General | %{count(issuesUnderEpic())}
| |
| Number of labels |
|
| General | %{issue.labels.length}
|
| Number of linked issues |
|
| General | %{issue.links.length}
|
| Number of outgoing issue links |
| Jira expression | issue?.links?.filter(link => link.direction == "outward").length | |
| Number of sub-task attachments |
| General | %{count(fieldValue(%{issue.attachments}, subtasks()))}
| |
| Number of sub-tasks |
|
| General | %{issue.subtasks.length}
|
| Parent assignee |
|
| General | %{parent.assignee.displayName}
|
| Parent priority |
|
| General | %{parent.priority}
|
| Parent reporter |
|
| General | %{parent.reporter.displayName}
|
| Parent status |
|
| General | %{parent.status}
|
| Previous assignee |
| Jira expression | issue.changelogs.map(i=>i.items).flatten().filter(i=>i.field=="assignee").length>0 ? issue.changelogs.map(i=>i.items).flatten().filter(i=>i.field=="assignee").map(a=>a.fromString)[0] : "" | |
| Previous issue status |
|
| General | %{issue.status.previous}
|
| Priority description |
| Jira expression | issue?.priority?.description | |
| Project category |
|
| General | %{issue.project.category}
|
| Project description |
|
| General | %{issue.project.description}
|
| Project lead |
|
| General | %{issue.project.leadDisplayName}
|
| Status description |
| Jira expression | issue?.status?.description | |
| Sub-task assignees |
| General | %{distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.assignee.displayName}, subtasks()))}
| |
| Sub-task components |
| General | %{distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.components}, subtasks()))}
| |
| Sub-task labels |
| General | %{distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.labels}, subtasks()))}
| |
| Sub-task reporters |
| General | %{distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.reporter.displayName}, subtasks()))}
| |
| Time spent ratio |
| General | %{{issue.timeSpent} / {issue.originalEstimate} * 100}
| |
| Total attachment size in MB |
| Jira expression | issue.attachments.reduce((result, att) =>
result + att.size, 0) / 1024 / 1024
| |
| Total story points of issues in an epic |
| General | %{sum(fieldValue({issue.cfNNNNN}, issuesUnderEpic()))}
Replace the ID with the one of your 'Story Points' custom field. |
