Bulk Update the Value of a System Field on Jira Issues

    

        
        
        
            
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    import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchProvider
import com.atlassian.jira.jql.parser.JqlQueryParser
import com.atlassian.jira.web.bean.PagerFilter
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchQuery

// The issues returned from that JQL will get altered
final searchQuery = "project = TEST"

// Get some components
def jqlQueryParser = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(JqlQueryParser)
def searchProvider = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(SearchProvider)
def loggedInUser = ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser
def issueService = ComponentAccessor.issueService

// Perform the search
def query = jqlQueryParser.parseQuery(searchQuery)
def searchResults = searchProvider.search(SearchQuery.create(query, loggedInUser), PagerFilter.unlimitedFilter)

// Iterate all the results to update each issue
searchResults.results.each { documentIssue ->
    // Define the new params (a new description)
    def issueInputParameters = issueService.newIssueInputParameters()
    issueInputParameters.setDescription("A new description")

    // Update the issue
    def issueId = documentIssue.document.fields.find { it.name() == "issue_id" }.stringValue().toLong()
    def updateValidationResult = issueService.validateUpdate(loggedInUser, issueId, issueInputParameters)
    assert updateValidationResult.valid : updateValidationResult.errorCollection

    // Validate the update
    def issueResult = issueService.update(loggedInUser, updateValidationResult)
    assert issueResult.valid : issueResult.errorCollection
}