Smart Values

Owned by Karen Jennings
Last updated: Sep 11, 2023
1 min read

What are smart values?

Smart values allow you to access and manipulate issue data within Atlassian Cloud. They can add significant power and complexity to your rules.

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/what-are-smart-values/

Access Commonly Used Information

  • Issue creation date: {{issue.created}}

  • Issue summary (“title”):{{issue.summary}}

  • Issue description: {{issue.description}}

  • Issue status: {{issue.status}}

  • Issue URL: {{issue.URL}} OR https://your-site.atlassian.net/browse/{{issue.key}}

  • Assignee first and last name: {{issue.assignee.displayName}}

  • Assignee user ID: {{issue.assignee.name}}

  • Mention a user: [~accountId:157A98%3Ae5b8cc8b-4450-4c41-bk3b-ad5933507069]

  • Issue creator: {{creator.displayName}}

  • Issue reporter: {{issue.reporter.displayName}}

  • Issue watchers: {{issue.watchers}}

  • Issue links: {{issue.issuelinks}}

  • Latest issue comment: {{issue.comments.last.body}}

  • Issue attachment list: {{issue.attachment}}

  • Issue version name: {{version.name}}

  • Project key: {{project.key}}

  • Project lead first and last name: {{issue.project.lead.displayName}}

  • Project lead email address: {{issue.project.lead.emailAddress}}

  • Project lead ID: {{issue.project.lead.name}}

  • Smart values in JQL: "Epic Link" IN ({{issue.key}}) OR "parentEpic" IN ({{issue.key}})

Calculations

  • 30 days from now: {{now.plusDays(30)}}

  • Issue creation date plus 3 business days: {{issue.created.plusBusinessDays(3)}}

  • Next Monday’s date: {{now.withNextDayOfWeek("MON")}}

  • Next Monday’s date plus 7 days: {{now.withNextDayOfWeek("MON").plusDays(7).jqlDate}}

  • Convert time zone: {{now.convertToTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles").shortTime}}

  • Calculate percent complete: {{#=}}{{issue.timeSpent.divide(3600)}}-{{issue.original estimate.divide(3600)}}{{/}}

  • Add two custom number fields: {{#=}}({{issue.Dev Estimate}} + {{issue.QA Estimate}})*60{{/}}

  • Calculate sub-task story points: {{issue.subtasks.Story Points.sum}}

  • Calculate custom number field and hard coded value: {{#=}}{{issue.Cost}} * 0.6{{/}}

Format Results

  • Issue creation date plus 3 business days formatted as MM/dd/yyyy: {{issue.created.plusBusinessDays(3).format("MM/dd/yyyy")}}

  • Issue update date and timestamp: {{issue.updated.longDateTime}}