How to send a notification with a numbered list of issues with Automation for Jira
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Summary
In this documentation page there are some samples on how to send a list of issues in a summary e-mail.
To send a summary e-mail with a numbered list of issues some extra coding in the content is required. To get an end user-friendly index of issues in the e-mail, an index starting at one is preferable, therefore using the HTML tag for ordered list with a numeric index <ol type="1"> can deliver this result.
Solution
Start with an automation rule as in the Run a rule against issues in bulk.
Create an action send e-mail and in the content add the following code block into the content section of the e-mail to be sent:
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<ol type="1">
{{#issues}} <li>URL: {{url}} - {{description}} By {{reporter.displayName}}</li> {{/}}
</ol>
Make sure the send e-mail action configuration is set to "Send as: HTML"
Resulting e-mail:
Isues opened this week
URL:http://jira-host:port/browse/IP-75 - New description By Alana Grant
URL: http://jira-host:port/browse/IP-74 - This is the new description By Alana Grant
URL: http://jira-host:port/browse/IP-73 - This is the description section By Alana Grant
URL: http://jira-host:port/browse/IP-72 - Color wrong
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