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How to trigger an action in Jira automation with the Didit metadata field

It’s important to note that the Didit metadata field holds values for all metadata within a checklist. See our documentation to understand how the field behaves when the checklist contains multiple metadata values.

  1. The Jira project settings with the automation section highlighted.
    The Jira project settings with the automation section highlighted.
  2. Click “Create rule.”

    The automation section with an arrow to the create rule button.
    The automation section with an arrow to the create rule button.
  3. Add the “Field value changed” trigger and choose “Didit metadata” for the “Fields to monitor for changes” section.

    The field value changed trigger with the target field as Didit metadata.
    The field value changed trigger with the target field as Didit metadata.
  4. Add a “smart values condition” which specifies the text in the “Didit metadata” field that you would like to trigger your rule.

    The text (second value) is up to you, but your “First value” and “Condition” should look something like below.
    The condition for the automation rule which specifies the metadata must contain compliance.
    The condition for the automation rule which specifies the metadata must contain compliance.
    We suggest you use “contains” for the condition. If you choose “equals” the condition will look for the exact text.
  5. Choose the action that you would like to automate based on the criteria in step 4. In our example we choose to assign the issue to a particular user.

    The action for the rule to assign the issue to Patrick
    The action for the rule to assign the issue to Patrick
    Now when the training program “Compliance” is chosen, automation will assign the issue to the right user.
    The automation rule in action setting the assignee to Patrick when the training program name is set to compliance.
    The automation rule in action setting the assignee to Patrick when the training program name is set to compliance.

Check out the Atlassian documentation on automation for more ideas!

Link to this page: https://seibert.biz/diditautomationmetadata