The Update fields post function automatically updates a single or multiple issue fields on one or multiple target issues.

Additional field values can be inherited or manually set using the JWT expression editor.


Configuration

The issues to be updated. If a list of issue keys is passed, the update will be performed for every issue in the list.
The following options are available:

  • Current issue

  • Parent issue

  • Parser expression


When the option parser expression is selected, an expression parser input field is displayed and the input has to be an issue key or an issue list. Every issue in the given list will be updated.



Every supported field can either be set or cleared while transitioning the target issue.

After selecting a field and clicking the Add button, you can select in the popup to set the value in three - or when dealing with selectable fields - four ways:

  • Copy field from current issue
  • Clear field value
  • Set field value manually - Read more about the JWT expression editor
  • The option Selected value is available for the following fields types:
    • Jira Software related fields like Sprint or Epic
    • User related fields like Assignee or Reporter
    • Version related fields like Affects- or Fix version/s
    • Component/s
    • Labels
    • Priority
    • Resolution
    • Security level
    • and all option based custom fields that are supported


The configured user must have all necessary permissions to transition the target issue.





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