Change Field's Value and Reading Type - ITSM

Type Script

Feature Behaviours

Verified script

Overview

Set up a behaviour that will change a field's value and reading type.

Navigate to Add-ons > Script Fragments, using the Administration Cog in the top right corner.
Click Add New Item and choose Create Constrained Issue Dialog.
Configure the screen.
Click Add.
Navigate to Add-ons > Behaviours, using the Administration Cog in the top right corner.
Under Add Behaviour, enter a Name and Description.
Click Add.
Click on the Fields option for the newly created behaviour.
Now add an initialiser by clicking Create Initialiser.
The inline editor appears, paste the code snippet into it.
Click Save at the bottom of the screen.
You should get a flag that says the save has been successful.

Example

Detailed use case example: Constrained Create Issue Dialog with Behaviours

Requirements

Jira (7.3 - 7.13)

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import groovy.transform.BaseScript

@BaseScript FieldBehaviours fieldBehaviours

def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.issueManager
//Check to make sure this is the correct context for the behaviour.
if (behaviourContextId == "CP") {
    //Set the project and issuetype to be readonly so the user cannot alter these.
    getFieldById("project-field").setReadOnly(true)
    getFieldById("issuetype-field").setReadOnly(true)

    //Find the details of the Issue from which the request to link was made
    def contextIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(contextIssueId)

    //Pre-populate the Summary, issue link and issue link type.
    getFieldById("summary").setFormValue("Problem created from ${contextIssue.key}").setReadOnly(false)
    getFieldById("issuelinks-linktype").setFormValue("Problem for Incident").setReadOnly(true)
    getFieldById("issuelinks-issues").setFormValue(contextIssue.key).setReadOnly(true)
}

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