Sub-task Default Field
This example shows you how to use default fields on the Create action for sub-tasks, derived from the parent issue fields.
The key to this is getting the parent issue ID via the parentIssueId
form field. Once you have that you can load that issue, get the fields, and set them on the Create Issue dialog.
The sample code demonstrates copying all fields from the parent to the new sub-task. In practice you will want to select just some system or custom fields, by editing this example.
This script hinges on the parentIssueId being present in the form. As such, you will need to associate the script with a visible field. It will not work as an initialiser.
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.option.Option import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField import com.atlassian.jira.web.util.OutlookDate import com.atlassian.jira.web.util.OutlookDateManager import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FormField import groovy.transform.BaseScript import java.sql.Timestamp import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.AFFECTED_VERSIONS import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.ASSIGNEE import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.COMPONENTS import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.DESCRIPTION import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.DUE_DATE import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.ENVIRONMENT import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.FIX_FOR_VERSIONS import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.LABELS import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.PRIORITY import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.SECURITY import static com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFieldConstants.SUMMARY @BaseScript FieldBehaviours fieldBehaviours FormField field = getFieldById(getFieldChanged()) FormField parent = getFieldById("parentIssueId") Long parentIssueId = parent.getFormValue() as Long if (!parentIssueId || field.getFormValue()) { // this is not a subtask, or the field already has data return } def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager() def parentIssue = issueManager.getIssueObject(parentIssueId) def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager() // REMOVE OR MODIFY THE SETTING OF THESE FIELDS AS NECESSARY getFieldById(SUMMARY).setFormValue(parentIssue.summary) getFieldById(PRIORITY).setFormValue(parentIssue.getPriorityObject().id) OutlookDate outlookDate = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(OutlookDateManager).getOutlookDate(Locale.getDefault()) getFieldById(DUE_DATE).setFormValue(outlookDate.formatDMY(parentIssue.getDueDate())) getFieldById(COMPONENTS).setFormValue(parentIssue.componentObjects*.id) getFieldById(AFFECTED_VERSIONS).setFormValue(parentIssue.affectedVersions*.id) getFieldById(FIX_FOR_VERSIONS).setFormValue(parentIssue.fixVersions*.id) getFieldById(ASSIGNEE).setFormValue(parentIssue.assigneeId) getFieldById(ENVIRONMENT).setFormValue(parentIssue.environment) getFieldById(DESCRIPTION).setFormValue(parentIssue.description) getFieldById(SECURITY).setFormValue(parentIssue.securityLevelId) getFieldById(LABELS).setFormValue(parentIssue.labels) // IF YOU DON'T WANT CUSTOM FIELDS COPIED REMOVE EVERYTHING BELOW HERE // IF YOU ONLY WANT SOME FIELDS INHERITED ADD THEM TO THE LIST BELOW, OR LEAVE EMPTY FOR ALL // eg ['Name of first custom field', 'Name of second custom field'] List copyCustomFields = [] List<CustomField> parentFields = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjects(parentIssue) parentFields.each { cf -> if (copyCustomFields && !copyCustomFields.contains(cf.name)) { return } def parentValue = cf.getValue(parentIssue) if (!parentValue) { return } getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue) log.debug("parentValue: ${parentValue?.class} for type ${cf.name}") if (parentValue instanceof Timestamp) { getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(outlookDate.formatDMY(parentValue)) } else if (parentValue instanceof Option) { getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue.optionId) } else if (parentValue instanceof List<Option>) { parentValue = parentValue as List<Option> //This cast is just to placate the static type checker getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue.collect { it.optionId }) } else { getFieldById(cf.id).setFormValue(parentValue) } }