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Update Issue

Description

This plugin step updates a JIRA issue on on-premise or on-cloud versions of a JIRA instance.

Limitation

The following fields are unsupported: Time Tracking, Original Estimate, and Remaining Estimate.

Note

Supported format for Date type fields, such as Due Date is ‘YYYY-MM-DD’.

Configurations

Field NameDescription
Step NameName of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.

Connection

For the connection field details, click Connection Fields

Input tab

Field NameDescription
Input Fields
Issue KeySpecify the issue key of the JIRA for which comment is to be added.
JIRA automatically assigns this key when the issue is created (for example, PROJ-123).
The field accepts environment variable or previous step field, and the field is mandatory.
Button: GetClick Get to select an issue key.
The system opens a pop-up that lists the JIRA projects accessible to the configured user. After you select a project, the next pop-up displays the available issues. Select the required issue key from the list.
Accept Update fields as JSONEnable checkbox to accept the fields to be updated in JSON format.
Update fields JSONSelect the filed in the stream containing the JSON text. Sample JSON is shown below: {“Summary”:”summaryfromAE”,”Project”:”SP”,”Priority”:”Medium”,”description”:”Dec from AE”,”Issue Type”:”Bug”}
The JSON field can be any field in the stream or can be created using any step such as Generate Rows, Modified Java Script, Set field value to a constant etc.
Tabular Fields:
Variable Field NameThis is an optional field. Choose a field in input stream from drop down list or provide a user or system defined variable.
Field NameClicking on this column field brings a dialog with the list of available fields that can be updated in the issue and as per the access permission of Username provided in Connection.
Field ValueProvide an updated value for the field name selected in Field Name column above.