Iterate over issues or other items

Add the loop step

To iterate over other issues, e.g. the sub-tasks of the current issue, or other items add a new step to you operation and select the action Iterate over issues or other items.

Enter the following information:

• Name: Enter a name for this step. If left empty, the below action text will be used.
• Item Type: Choose the type of item you want to iterate over.
  The following options are available:
  

  • Use a JQL search to find related issues

  • Let the user select the related issues

  • Other related issues

  • Other related items

• Depending on the above selction:
  • JQL Search: Enter a JQL search to find the related issues, e.g. parent = $issue.key to get the sub-tasks
  • User Input: Select the user input or create one automatically
  • Issues: Use the $valueCollector variable to collect the related issues, e.g. $valueCollector.addAll($issue.subTaskObjects) to collect the sub-tasks
  • Items: Use the $valueCollector variable to collect the related items, e.g. $valueCollector.addAll($fieldHelper.getValue("My multi user picker field"))
• Error Handling: Select whether to fail the operation in case of an error within this step (Fail) or to ignore them (Ignore). The default should be Fail, especially if the next step depends on this one. 

Add a child step

To add a child step to your loop, click the indented Add Step link after the Iterate over issues or other items step.

Add an additional step after the loop

To add an additional step after the loop, click the Add Step link with the same indentation as the Iterate over issues or other items step.