[JIRA] Storing custom field values in Groovy

[Sameera Shaakunthala [inactive]]

I'm writing a Groovy post function for a workflow transition in JIRA. This script sets the value of a multi-user custom field (ArrayList). After calling 'setCustomFieldValue()', I call 'store()' to store the issue. But it doesn't store the changes. I checked the database as well.

However, if I call 'getCustomFieldValue()' after 'setCustomFieldValue()', I can print the changes into log. Thaty means 'setCustomFieldValue()' method has worked properly.

In another script we have, it sets security level field and calls 'store()' method. That one works perfectly.

Is there any other method provided to store custom field values?

[Henning Tietgens · Accepted solution]

You could use issueManager.updateIssue() for this. issue.store() only works for direct members of the issue object itself and custom fields doesn't belong to this.

[Sameera Shaakunthala [inactive]]

Thank you.

I guess this will update all the modified fields, isn't it?

[Henning Tietgens]

Yes, all fields.

[Sameera Shaakunthala [inactive]]

Found the answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8251892/how-do-i-save-a-value-into-a-custom-field-in-jira-programmatically

Following is an 'easy' way I'm using.

DefaultIssueChangeHolder issueChangeHolder = new DefaultIssueChangeHolder();

cf_object.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(null, issue.getCustomFieldValue(cf_object)), issueChangeHolder);