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Usage cases

You want to propagate to linked issue, some of System or Custom Fields of the current Issue.

How it works

By defining this Workflow Function in a Transition of your workflow, you are able to force some system and custom fields of Linked Issues to be updated with supported field's value of current Issue. 


Configuring the Feature

To configure the Propagate System and Custom Fields to Linked Issue  Post-Function, please follow these steps :

  • Since this Workflow Function does not need to be associated with a screen containing the concerned CustomFields, the function can be added in any Workflow Transition.
    It might be:
    • A Common Transition,
    • Or a Global Transition.


Note that if you need to use such Post-Function in a Initial Transition (Create Transition), you have to check that the Post-Function is used :

  • After  Create Issue  Post-Function
  • and before  index Issue  Post-Function

If it is not respected you will experience an error message when trying to perform the transition.

  • Add the Propagate System and Custom Fields to Linked Issue  Post-Function to any wanted transition.

    For more information on adding a Post Function in Workflow, please see JIRA: Adding a Post Function


  • Its configuration allows you to specify which System and/or Custom Fields have to be inherited from the current Issue to linked Issues (Inward or Outward Links), recursively or not.

    You have to select
    • The list of System Fields concerned by the propagation,
    • The list of Custom Fields concerned by the propagation,
    • The list of Outward Links to follow for this propagation,
    • The list of Inward Links to follow for this propagation,
    • If the propagation has to be applied recursively .

    In case of Recursive Propagation, the Propagate System and Custom Fields to Linked Issue Workflow Function will take care that :

    • The propagation is not done more than one time per Issue. The Recursivity skips to the next issue,
    • The Recursivity is stopped as soon as an Issue has been nodified by a same Link Type (Case of circuit!)
    ParametersDescription
    Available System FieldsList of all System Field candidate for a propagation. Some of System Fields are filtered (See Unsupported Fields )
    Selected System FieldsList of all selected System Fields for a propagation.
    Available Custom FieldsList of all Custom Field candidate for a propagation. Some of Custom Fields are filtered, like all Calculated Custom Fields.
    Selected Custom FieldsList of all selected Custom Fields for a propagation.
    Available Outward Link TypesList of all Outward Link Types candidate for a propagation.
    Selected Outward Link TypesList of all selected Outward Link Types for a propagation.
    Available Inward Link TypesList of all Inward Link Types candidate for a propagation.
    Selected Inward Link TypesList of all selected Inward Link Types for a propagation.
    Propagation applied recursivelyHas the propagation to be done recursively.
  • You will end up with a transition looking like:

And the XML Declaration as follow : 

<post-function >
	<function type="class">
	  <arg name="customFieldsSelected">customfield_10070,</arg>
	  <arg name="full.module.key">fr.alkaes.minyaa.jira-plugin-minyaa-workflowspropagatefields-to-linked-issues-function</arg>
	  <arg name="inwardLinkTypesSelected">10020,</arg>
	  <arg name="fieldsSelected">reporter,</arg>
	  <arg name="linkTypesSelected">10030,</arg>
	  <arg name="class.name">fr.alkaes.myaawf.workflow.postfunction.PropagateFieldToLinkedIssues</arg>
	  <arg name="recursive">false</arg>
	</function>
</post-function>

Unsupported Fields

This Workflow Post-Function will assumes as Unsupported Fields for selection the following list of field :

  • the Key fields:
    • the Project Key ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.ProjectSystemField )
    • the Issue Key ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.ProjectSystemField )
  • The field managed by Schemes:
    • the Issue Type ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.KeySystemField )
    • the Issue Status ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.StatusSystemField )
  • the calculated fields:
    • Fields marked as unavailable by FieldManager (TimeTracking, Agregate Time Tracking)
    • Work Ratio field
    • any Calculated Custom Field ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.CalculatedCFType )
    • any Minyaa Abstract Custom Fields ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.AbstractLinkedFieldType )
  • Some other fields for which has no sense to propagate:
    • Created Date ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CreatedSystemField )
    • Attachments ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.ThumbnailSystemField )
    • Thumbnails ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AttachmentSystemField )
    • Sub Task Link ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.SubTaskSystemField )
    • Issue Link ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.IssueLinksSystemField )
    • Vote Counter ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.VotesSystemField )
    • Comments ( com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CommentSystemField )

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