Groovy Scripted fields - Linked issues returns null.

[Gantner]

Hi,

I'm creating a scripted field in JIRA which will calculate the total of the time spent of the linked issues (LinkType = 'Test') 

However i'm new in JIRA and scripted fields and I'm struggling with some issues. 

I've written the following script but when I call the line below, i always get null back. Also when I change this to GetSummary or something else. I always get null  

  def timespent = linkedIssue.getTimeSpent() 

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager

def componentManager = ComponentManager.getInstance()
def issueLinkManager = componentManager.getIssueLinkManager()

def totalSpent = 0D
issueLinkManager.getInwardLinks(issue.id).each {issueLink ->
if (issueLink.issueLinkType.name == "Test") {
def linkedIssue = issueLink.getDestinationObject()
def timespent = linkedIssue.getTimeSpent()
if (timespent){
totalSpent = totalSpent + timespent 
}

}
}
return totalSpent ? componentManager.getJiraDurationUtils().getFormattedDuration(totalSpent ) : null

Am I doing something wrong ? 

Kind regards 

  Rob 

[Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_ · Accepted solution]

Hi Rob,

issueLinkManager.getInwardLinks(issue.id)

give to you links TO your issue (let's call it 'first') and the line 

def linkedIssue = issueLink.getDestinationObject()

will give you for all the incoming issues the destination, which is always the 'first' issue. If I understand well you want the total time spent for the linked issues, therefore you should get the source issues

def linkedIssue = issueLink.getSourceObject()

PS. It is also better to use ComponentAccessor to get the issueLinkManager and the jiraDurationUtils (ComponentManager is getting deprecated) 

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager()
def jiraUtils = ComponentAccessor.getJiraDurationUtils()

Please let me know if this helps

[Daniil Lyovkin]

Try using 

issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issue.id)

instead 

issueLinkManager.getInwardLinks(issue.id)

maybe you need links from an issue, but not links to an issue.