This article applies to Exalate Classic only. If you're using the New Exalate experience, please refer to the New Exalate documentation.
This article shows how to synchronize Group Picker Jira custom field.
Jira provides an advanced custom field Group Picker (single group or multiple groups) which helps to choose a user group(single or multiple) in a popup picker window. You can synchronize the field values using Exalate. When syncing the group picker field Exalate checks whether the group with a certain name exists on the remote side. In case the group with such a name does not exist on the receiving side you can do the following:
- set default value
- create a group with the received group name and set the value to the custom field on the receiving side (applicable only for Jira Server)
- don't set any value and skip the sync of this field
Below you can find examples of the group picker filed(single or multiple groups) synchronization for the last option: when the group does not exist on the remote side - don't set any value.
Jira Server
Group Picker(single group) Synchronization
Source side
Outgoing sync
if (issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name"?.value instanceof Iterable) {
issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value = issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value.find()
}
replica.customFields."Group picker custom field name" = issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name"Destination side
Incoming sync
def remoteGroup = replica.customFields."Group picker custom field name"?.value?.name?.asString
if (remoteGroup) {
def gm = com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor.groupManager
def group = gm.getGroup(remoteGroup)
if (group) {
issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value = [group]
}
} else {
issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value = null // don't sync the group picker field if a local group is not found
}Group Picker (multiple groups) Synchronization
Source side
Outgoing sync
if (issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name"?.value instanceof Iterable) {
issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value = issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value
}
replica.customFields."Group picker custom field name" = issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name"
Destination side
Incoming sync
def remoteGroups = replica.customFields."Group picker custom field name"?.value?.collect { it.name?.asString }
if (remoteGroups?.any { it != null }) {
def gm = com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor.groupManager
def groups = remoteGroups
.collect { g -> gm.getGroup(g) }
.findAll()
issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value = groups
} else {
issue.customFields."Group picker custom field name".value = []
}