Overlap between Custom Fields and System Fields

Problem

You have a field that is not syncing. Exalate does not generate any error message. The information from one specific field does not sync. Other fields sync without any problems.

Cause

Jira allows to create a custom field with the same name as the system field.

This problem might be caused by different reasons:

there's a custom field with the identical name as one of the system fields.
sync rules are not configured correctly.

Solution

Check if there is a custom field with the same name as the system field in your Jira
Check Sync rules:
1. Source side: Outgoing sync must include code to send the field.
2. Destination side: Incoming sync must include code to populate local issue with the received data.

Example

Pre-requisites:

Jira custom field called Description
Jira system field called Description

To sync the custom field Description you should use the following code

Source side: Outgoing sync

replica.customFields."Description" = issue.customFields."Description"

Destination side: Incoming sync

issue.customFields."Description" = replica.customFields."Description".value

To sync the system field Description the code is following