Velocity references in field values

User can use variables in field values during configure repeating details. A variable is one type of reference in Velocity Template Language (VTL) and can refer to objects defined in template context. To use variable please put it name in velocity variable syntax: $variable or ${variable}.

Below are listed available variables that can be used in velocity template:

Variable

Type

Description

Sample value

Variable

Type

Description

Sample value

$sourceIssue

Issue

cloned (for Clone Issue) or parent (for Create Sub-task) issue

DEMO-1

$repeating

Repeating

current repeating

 

Sample usages

Field

Velocity expression

Sample value

Field

Velocity expression

Sample value

Summary

CLONE - $sourceIssue.summary

CLONE - This is source issue summary

Description

Issue repeated by $sourceIssue.key at $repeating.date.formatDateISO

Issue repeated by DEMO-1 at 2016-09-11

Date time field

$repeating.date.addDays(2).withHours(10).withMinutes(0)

11/sep/16 10:00 AM

String custom field

$!sourceIssue.getCustomFieldValue($this)

This is some source issue value for "String custom field"