Use an array for input to customfields

[sdaaish]

How do I enter an array to the input data for customfields? I tried different versions, but I had no success so far.

Set-Jissue -key ITDR-152 -customField @{"Responsible Team" = @("System (CMDB-3605)")} -Verbose
VERBOSE: ParameterSetName [IssueID]
VERBOSE: Updating issue
VERBOSE: Saving [ITDR-152]
DEBUG: Processing [1] running queries
DEBUG: Waiting for an async result to finish
Set-Jissue : System.InvalidOperationException with Saving [ITDR-152]: [data was not an array]
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-Jissue -key ITDR-152 -customField @{"Responsible Team" = @("s ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-JIssue], JiraInvalidActionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : JiraModule.JiraInvalidActionException,JiraModule.SetIssue

This is for an Insight object.
When I get the issue, it looks like this:

 (Get-JIssue -Key itdr-152).customfields| ? name -like responsible*
DEBUG: Queueing running queries
DEBUG: Processing [1] running queries
DEBUG: Waiting for an async result to finish

Values                   Id                Name
------                   --                ----
{system (CMDB-3605)} customfield_11302 Responsible Team

[sdaaish]

And to clarify, this is the documentation for Insight and customfields: https://documentation.riada.io/display/ICV50/Insight+with+JIRA+REST-API

I finally succeeded updating an issue with JiraPS-module but I would like to stick with your module if possible.

[KevinMarquette]

I am sure the issue is here because I was assuming every value should be a string:

jira/src/cmdlets/SetIssue.cs

Line 175 in 10c29d0

issue[key] = CustomField[key]?.ToString();

I will need to set up an example and play with it.

You may be able to work with the issue object directly for this.

$issue = Get-JIssue -Key $Key
$issue["Responsible Team"] = @("System (CMDB-3605)")
$issue | Save-JIssue

If I can't do direct assignment like that, there is also another method that I may look at

$issue.CustomFields.AddById("customfield_90210",@("System (CMDB-3605)"))

Anyway, the $issue object is very rich and full of options that comes directly from the SDK calls. If you find a clean way to do this before I get to it, feel free to share your results.

[sdaaish]

The first part don't work, there is no customfield with that name when you read from Jira. I can read the customfied by ID but not by name.

With the second part I can set the value, but still get the "Array" issue.

> $issue = Get-JIssue -Key ITDR-150

> $issue["Environment"]

Value
-----
Production

> $issue["Responsible Team"]

<empty>

> $issue.customfields.addbyid("customfield_11302", @("CMDB-24"))

Values             Id                Name
------             --                ----
{Production}       customfield_11304 Environment
{CMDB-24}          customfield_11302 Responsible Team

> $issue|Save-JIssue
Save-JIssue : System.InvalidOperationException with Save issue [ITDR-150]: [data was not an array]
At line:1 char:6
+ $issue|Save-JIssue
+      ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Save-JIssue], JiraInvalidActionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Save issue [ITDR-150],JiraModule.SaveIssue

For reference, with JiraPS this is how I can do this as an example:

$fields = @{
    labels = @("Network", "Security")
    customfield_11302 = @(@{ key = "CMDB-8324"})
    customfield_11808 = @(@{ key = "CMDB-24"})
}
Set-JiraIssue -Issue ITDR-154 -Fields $fields

Finding out the syntax for this took me days.

I tried something similar with your module but it didn't work.

>  $issue.customfields.addbyid("customfield_11808", @(@{"key" = "CMDB-3605"}))

Values                         Id                Name
------                         --                ----
{System.Collections.Hashtable} customfield_11808 Function

Save-JIssue : System.InvalidOperationException with Save issue [ITDR-150]: [data was not an array] [data was not an array]
At line:1 char:6
+ $issue|Save-JIssue
+      ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Save-JIssue], JiraInvalidActionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Save issue [ITDR-150],JiraModule.SaveIssue

Or this:

> $issue.customfields.addbyid("customfield_11808", @(@("CMDB-3605")))

Values             Id                Name
------             --                ----
{Production}       customfield_11304 Environment
{CMDB-3605}        customfield_11808 Function

> $issue|Save-JIssue
Save-JIssue : System.InvalidOperationException with Save issue [ITDR-150]: [data was not an array]
At line:1 char:6
+ $issue|Save-JIssue
+      ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Save-JIssue], JiraInvalidActionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Save issue [ITDR-150],JiraModule.SaveIssue

I have a working method now with JiraPS, so this is for your information. As the say at JiraPS:

Jira has fields of all possible types. Strings, text boxes, numbers, dropdown menus, lists, aso.

[KevinMarquette]

Thank you for testing that out. I'll have to dig into the SDK source then to see if it is even supported. or even what is really supported.