This article shows how to synchronize a custom field of type cascading select list.
Cascading select field allows to set values for the list options. The value in the cascading select field is of type cascading and consists of two dependent options: parent value and child value.
Exalate uses the following helper methods to sync cascading select fields:
Include the custom field with name 'Cascading select' in the replica sent to the other side
Outgoing sync
replica.customFields."Cascading select" = issue.customFields."Cascading select" |
You can sync cascading select list option values in different ways:
It's possible that option values don't match on source and destination sides.
There are different ways to handle this. If the option value does not exist on the receiving side Exalate can do the following:
Source Region/Country - a cascading select field on the source side; Destination Region/Country - a cascading select field on the destination side
//check if at least one option value exists and sync only existing values def sourceRegion = replica.customFields."Source Region/Country"?.value?.parent?.value def sourceCountry = replica.customFields."Source Region/Country"?.value?.child?.value def region = nodeHelper.getOption( issue, "Destination Region/Country", sourceRegion ) def country = region.childOptions.find{it.value == sourceCountry} if ( region != null && (sourceCountry == null || country != null)) { issue.customFields."Destination Region/Country"?.value = nodeHelper.getCascadingSelect( region, country ) } else if (sourceRegion == null) { issue.customFields."Destination Region/Country"?.value = null } |
You can set default cascading select values using nodeHelper.getCascadingSelect method.
There're multiple ways to set default values:
Destination Region/Country - cascading select field name on your side;
def parent = nodeHelper.getOption(issue, "Destination Region/Country", "Europe") issue.customFields."Destination Region/Country".value = nodeHelper.getCascadingSelect( parent, parent.childOptions.find{it.value == "Belgium"} ) |
Exalate allows extracting the received option values from the cascading select to a text field.
For example, you have a custom field called Cascading Select (multi-select) to the custom field Cascading field details (text field).
Receive Cascading Select field values and display them in the text custom field:
Incoming sync
replica.customFields."Cascading select".value is an object of type Cascading Select List. It contains parent value and child value of the cascading select list field issue.customFields."Cascading field details".value is a text type custom field, which includes string value. |
issue.customFields."Cascading field details".value = replica.customFields."Cascading select"?.value?.parent?.value + ", " + replica.customFields."Cascading select"?.value?.child?.value |
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