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Use case

Status updates are key to successfully managing projects. Usually you need to capture additional information which often gets lost in the comment history.

This use case combines multiple custom text fields and populates the automatically using post functions.

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titleSet up Create three custom fields


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Create a custom field of type: Text Field (multi-line)

Name: Status Update


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Create a second custom field of type: Text Field (multi-line)

Name: Current status


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Create a third custom field of type: Text Field (multi-line)

Name: Status History


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Navigate to the Field configuration and set the renderer of the 3 custom fields to "Wiki Style Renderer".




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titleSet up Create a transition screen


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Create a new screen

Name: Status Update Screen


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Add the field Status Update to the newly created screen.




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titleCreate Set up a workflow transition


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Create a new transition with the following parameters:

From Status: Any

To Status: Itself

Name: Status update

Screen: Status Update Screen

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Add a Fields required or changed validator to the newly created transition.


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Field

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Status Update


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Condition

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Is required


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Message to show when validation fails

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Please enter a status update!



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Once set up, the validator should look something like this:

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Choose Current issueAdd an Update or copy field values post function to the workflow transition created in the prerequisites section.


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Target issue

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Choose Current issue


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Current Configure the field: Current  Status field

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Field

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Choose Current Status


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Expression

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Set it to Advanced the parsing mode to Advanced text and use the following expression

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"*" + dateTimeToString({system.currentDateTime}, "yyyy-MM-dd", USER_LANG) + "* - *" + %{system.currentUserFullName} + "*\n" + %{issue.cfnnnnn}


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%{issue.cfnnnnn} is the field code for the field Status Update





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Configure the field: Status History field

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Field

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Choose Status History


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Set it to Advanced the parsing mode to Advanced text and use the following expression

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%{issue.cfaaaaa} + "\n\n" + %{issue.cfbbbbb}


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%{issue.cfaaaaa} is the field code for the field Current Status

%{issue.cfbbbbb}is the field code for the field Status History





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Configure the field: Status Update field

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Field

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Choose Status Update


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Choose Clear field value



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The field value must be cleared, so users will be presented with an empty text field the next time they leave a status update.



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User

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Choose Current user




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Update or copy field values

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