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Introduction
The Automation Toolbox for Jira expression parser provides over 200 functions and operators to read, manipulate and filter data from Jira issues, users, groups, projects and more.
Among the long list of functionalities, the parser functions support setting and/or updating field values, issue filtering, date and time calculations, string manipulation and the execution of mathematical operations.
The expression parser has been in constant development since 2009 when it was first introduced in Jira Workflow Toolbox. Since that time, the expression parser has seen constant development, improvement, and extended functionality.
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Main Features
The expression parser has two major core functionalities:
- Extend accessibility to
- issue
- system
- project
- version
- component
- and user data through the use of Virtual Fields
- Provide a set of operators and functions to
- read
- filter
- extract
- manipulate
- write
- update related data
Field codes and usage
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Virtual fields
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Numeric field codes are only available for number fields, date/time fields and countable virtual fields. |
Parsing modes
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Functions and operators
To use the full power of the expression parser you can use various functions and combine them with operators.
Functions
Children Display page Expression parser 201 - All functions
A comprehensive overview can be found here.
Operators
Different operators can be used in the expression parser. All operators are listed on these pages:
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