Hi Karen Jennings
We have been looking into this question
Take into account that the the class of entity.type is BasicHubIssueType.
As there is no native exalate support to construct this object through a helper method, you need to construct the object you assign by
import com.exalate.basic.domain.hubobject.v1.BasicHubIssueType ... def normalType = new BasicHubIssueType() normalType.name = "emergency" entity.type = normalType
This works fine on the sync from Jira to ServiceNow
(you will have to wire in the mapping)
The type will only be included in the payload if you add it to the outgoing sync script
For instance - you can do
// replica.change_type will either have Standard, Normal or Emergency replica.change_type = entity.type.name
And this can then be used on the Jira side
def changeTypeMapping = [
"normal" : "Normal",
"standard" : "Standard",
"emergency" : "Emergency",
]
// extract the change type out of the replica, map it and if not found default to 'Normal'
def remoteChangeType = changeTypeMapping[replica.change_type] ? "Normal"
// assign it to the value attribute of the change type custom field
issue.customFields."Change Type".value = remoteChangeType
Thanks Francis Martens (Exalate) I will look into this and let you know how it goes.
Where do I need to put the import?
At the beginning of the script (line 1 if there is no other import)
We are trying to sync an issue type of Change in Jira Software with a Change request in ServiceNow. When looking at the field in ServiceNow I see that the column name is type and the choices (values) are standard, normal and emergency. This is a standard (not custom) field in ServiceNow but it seems that I can't sync to or from this field. Both fields are Select Lists.
Here is the setup:
Jira Outgoing sync
replica.customFields."Change Type" = issue.customFields."Change Type"ServiceNow Incoming sync
def changeTypeMap = ["Normal" : "normal","Emergency" : "emergency","Standard" : "standard"]def remoteChangeType = replica.customFields."Change Type"?.value?.valueentity.type = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)To check the data:
debug.info("replica.customFields.'Change Type'?.value?.value = ${replica.customFields.'Change Type'?.value?.value}")Results:
replica.customFields.'Change Type'?.value?.value = Normal
debug.info("remoteChangeType = ${remoteChangeType}")Results:
remoteChangeType = Normal
debug.info("ChangeTypeMap is ${changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]}")Results:
ChangeTypeMap is normal
entity.type = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)Results:
Cannot cast object 'normal' with class 'java.lang.String' to class 'com.exalate.api.domain.hubobject.v1_2.IHubIssueType'
Jira Payload
ServiceNow Payload
because it has not been created yet.
Edited
entity.type = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)To
entity.type?.value = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)debug.info("entity.type?.value is ${entity.type?.value}")Result:
entity.type?.value is null
Edited
entity.type?.value = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)To
entity.type?.name = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)debug.info("entity.type?.name is ${entity.type?.name}")Result
entity.type?.name is null
Edited
entity.type?.name = (changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeType)To
entity.type?.value?.name = changeTypeMap[remoteChangeType]?: remoteChangeTypedebug.info("entity.type?.value?.name is ${entity.type?.value?.name }")Result
entity.type?.value?.name is null
These values are null but the Change IS created in ServiceNow as a Normal change since it is the default type.
However when syncing back to Jira, we get an error:
Could not update issue `183,920`: Field customfield_10112: Specify a valid 'id' or 'name' for Change Type. Check the documentation for more details.
The issue and the field exist.
ServiceNow Outgoing sync
replica.type = entity.typeJira Incoming sync
def typeMap = [// ["remote options" : "local option"]"normal" : "Normal","emergency" : "Emergency","standard" : "Standard"]def remoteChangetype = replica.typeissue.customFields."Change Type"?.value?.value = typeMap[remoteChangetype]?: remoteChangetypedebug.info(("remoteChangetype is ${remoteChangetype}"))Result
remoteChangetype is null
ServiceNow payload – does not include any “type” field at all.
Edited
def remoteChangetype = replica.typeTo
def remoteChangetype = replica.type?.value.?namedebug.info(("remoteChangetype is ${remoteChangetype}"))Result
remoteChangetype is null
So it seems that ServiceNow is not sending entity.type data or it is not the right field.
To test that, I created an Emergency Change in ServiceNow to sync over to Jira.
ServiceNow Outgoing sync
replica.type = entity.typeJira Incoming sync
def typeMap = [// ["remote options" : "local option"]"normal" : "Normal","emergency" : "Emergency","standard" : "Standard"]def remoteChangetype = replica.type?.nameissue.customFields."Change Type"?.value?.value = typeMap[remoteChangetype]?: remoteChangetypeServiceNow payload
Where is issueType coming from?
Jira Payload
This created a Normal Change in Jira and that Normal type synced back to ServiceNow somehow.
Updated the ServiceNow Outgoing sync to
replica.type = entity.issueTypeSame result.
What am I missing here? I have tried more than what I have entered here but am running out of ideas.