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Expressions are a fundamental concept within Jira Workflow Toolbox: every input into the JWT expression editor is considered an expression and will be interpreted by the JWT expression parser against the selected parsing mode. They are used in workflow functionsautomation rules and calculated fields.

Expressions range from simple text, e.g. Hello world!, over mathematical calculation, e.g. 3 + 4, to the extensive usage of expression parser functions, and beyond.

Basic text mode being the simplest one among the parsing modes allows to write free text and insert field codes. The other parsing modes support the usage of operators and expression parser functions.


Example expressions 

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Hello World!



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Hello World!



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"Hello World!"



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"Hello World!"


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Hello World!



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"Summary: " + %{issue.summary}



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"Summary: " + My first issue


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Summary: My first issue



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3 + 4



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3 + 4


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34


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7



Basic elements

The table below lists all simple elements or operands that can generally be used in an expression. 

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A boolean value of true or false
true, TRUE, false, FALSE

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A quoted text or a text field code.
"This is a text"

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Text lists are enclosed by square brackets. Not only literals can be used as elements, but also field codes.

["first element", "second element", %{issue.summary}]

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A numeric value or a numeric field code.
3

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Number lists are enclosed by square brackets. Not only literals can be used as elements, but also field codes.

[5.1326, 3, 100000001, {issue.labels.length}]

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titlenull

A specific value for comparisons if a field or another value is not set or equals null.
null


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The 

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 literal con only be used in the Logical mode, the conditional execution parameter of a workflow post function, or in combination with the conditional operator.



  • Field codes
  • Operators
  • Functions

Field codes are the heart.... and return different data types

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Ultimately, what can be used in an expression depends on the parsing mode-→


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