How to Sync Elements Connect Custom Fields Value when they are Connected to the Same Database on Jira Cloud

Introduction

This article provides an example of the script which helps to sync the values of the Elements Connect custom field when each side uses different add-on versions.

Source side

Add this script to the Data Filter to send nFeed/element custom field's data.

1 def ndFeedCFName = "nFeed custom field name"
2 def cfm = com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
3 def cf = cfm.getCustomFieldObject(issue.customFields[ndFeedCFName].id)
4 def cft = cf.getCustomFieldType()
5 replica.customKeys[ndFeedCFName] = cft.getStringFromSingularObject(issue.customFields[ndFeedCFName]?.value)

Destination side

 Incoming sync

Receive Elements Connect custom field data:

1 // SYNC NFEED VALUES / ELEMENT CONNECT
2 ({
3     def syncNfeed = { String remoteCfName, String cfName->
4         def cfm = com.atlassian .jira.component.ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
5         def cf = cfm.getCustomFieldObject(issue.customFields[cfName].id)
6         def cft = cf.getCustomFieldType()
7        issue.customFields[cfName].value = cft.getSingularObjectFromString(replica.customKeys[remoteCfName])
8     }
9     syncNfeed("nFeed remote custom field name","nFeed1 local custom field name")
10 })()
11 // END: SYNC NFEED VALUES