Update the Value of a Custom Field Using a Listener

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Overview

Update a Text custom field when an issue event is fired.

Example

I'm a project manager and have created many issues for a project. I want to know which issues have been modified and when so I can keep track of changes. To do this, I want a field to appear with the value 'modified' when an update is made. With this listener, when a task is fired by this event, the indicated field is updated with the desired value.

Good to know

Custom field name and value can be customized depends on your needs.
The code is designed to be used with the All Issue Events event.

Featuring

ScriptRunner for Jira
by Adaptavist

Verified by Adaptavist

Requirements

Jira (8.0 - 8.14)
ScriptRunner for Jira (6.18.0)

    
        
        
        
    
    import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

// the name of the custom field to update
final customFieldName = 'TextFieldA'

// the new value of the field
final newValue = 'I love Groovy !'

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager
def issue = event.issue

def customField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(issue).findByName(customFieldName)
assert customField : "Could not find custom field with name $customFieldName"

customField.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField), newValue), new DefaultIssueChangeHolder())