Automation for Jira fails to copy components list to label with error message "The label contains spaces which is invalid"

Summary

When running Automation for Jira rules to copy component values to the labels list, it fails with a "The label 'XXXXXX' contains spaces which is invalid (labels)" error message:

Diagnosis

N/A

Cause

The error message happens because:

• The rule is configured to copy the name of the Component Name into the Label using the smart value below:

• Component names may contain multiple words with space in their names, while Label names may not currently include spaces in their names

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Solution

To solve the Label requirement to not include space characters, while copying the Component values to the Labels list, it's possible to replace the space characters with another character (a hyphen, for example) using an "Additional Fields" custom script.

1. To duplicate the Components List to the Labels list, changing the space characters to a hyphen using Automation for Jira, please check the steps below:

2. Create your Automation Rule and configure the conditions to trigger the rule.

3. Add an Edit issue action.

   1. Expand the drop-down list Choose fields to set... and select the Labels field.

   2. Add the script below to the Additional fields text field.

      1 2 3 4 5 { "fields": { "labels": {{issue.components.name.asJsonStringArray.replace(" ","-")}} } }

   3. The Edit Issue action will look like this:

      

4. Save the rule and enable it.

Results

Please find below an example of the results for the suggested script: