Automation basics
Understand the general concepts and best practices of automation in Atlassian cloud products.
Examples of using smart values with lists
Check out how we use smart values in our Jira automation template library.
You can use smart values to access and format the value of items in a list of multiple options, for example, checkboxes, labels, and multi-selects.
View the smart values available to access and format lists.
Example
You have a checkbox list called Sydney attractions with the following options: Harbour Bridge, Opera House, Bondi Beach. There are a number of different ways to use smart values to format this list.
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// Simplest way to show a comma separated list of values
{{issue.Sydney attractions.value}}
Harbour Bridge, Opera House, Bondi Beach1
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// Display attractions separated with a dash
{{#issue.Sydney attractions}} {{value}}{{^last}}- {{/}}{{/}}
Harbour Bridge - Opera House - Bondi Beach1
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// Now separated by space
{{#issue.Sydney attractions}}{{value}} {{/}}
Harbour Bridge Opera House Bondi Beach1
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// OR
{{issue.Sydney attractions.value.join(" ")}}
Harbour Bridge Opera House Bondi BeachThe following field types use .value to access the human readable label (you can also access .id):
Select lists
Multi-select lists
Cascading select lists
Radio buttons
Multi-checkboxes
Multi-user picker
Multi-user pickers work in a similar way to other multi fields, except that you have full access to all user attributes (e.g. .displayName).
Example
You have a multi-user picker called users with the following options: John Smith, Jack Brown and Jill Jones. Smart values can be used to access and format the users in this list.
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// Show only their names
{{issue.users.displayName}}
John Smith, Jack Brown, Jill Jones
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// Show names with emails
{{#issue.users}}{{displayName}} ({{emailAddress}}) {{/}}
John Smith (john@smith.com) Jack Brown (jack@brown.com) Jill Jones (jill@jones.com) Was this helpful?
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