Scenario 1 - Update the group picker (multiple groups) field with explicit values

Use Case 1

If you want to replace the content of the field with specific values, you have 2 options:

Solution 1

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Select the field to update using the option Choose the fields to set to
• Enter the options there, as shown in the screenshot below:
  

Solution 2

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Expand the More options setting

• Use the JSON formula below (make sure to update it, based on the name of your field, and the values you want to add to it)

  {
  	"fields":
  	{
  		"Multi Group Picker": [
  			{ "name":"jira-administrators" },
  			{ "name":"jira-software-users" }
  		]
  	}
  }

Use Case 2

If you want to edit the field without overwriting its original content, you have 2 options:

Solution 1

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Select the field to update using the option Choose the fields to set to
• Enter the options there, in addition to the smart value {{issue.Multi Group Picker}} (make sure to replace "Multi Group Picker" with the name of your customer field), as shown in the screenshot below.
  Adding this smart value will prevent the rule from deleting the original content.
  
  
  

Solution 2

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Expand the More options setting

• Use the JSON formula below (make sure to update it, based on the name of your field, and the values you want to add to it)

  {
      "update": {
          "Multi Group Picker": [
               {"add": { "name":"jira-administrators" }},
               {"add": { "name":"jira-software-users" }}
          ]
      }
  }

Scenario 2 - Update the group picker (multiple groups) field with the content of group picker (single group) fields

Use Case 1

If you want to replace the content of the Multi Group Picker field with values coming from 2 group picker (single group) fields listed below, you have 2 options:

• Single Group Picker 1
• Single Group Picker 2

Solution 1

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Select the field to update using the option Choose the fields to set to
• Enter the list of options list below, as shown in the screenshot below (make sure to replace "Single Group Picker 1" and "Single Group Picker 2" with the actual group picker fields):
  
  • {{issue.Single Group Picker 1}}
  • {{issue.Single Group Picker 2}}
    

Solution 2

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Expand the More options setting

• Use the JSON formula below (make sure to update it, based on the name of your fields):

  {
  	"fields":
  	{
  		"Multi Group Picker": [
  			{ "name":"{{issue.Single Group Picker 1.name}}" },
  			{ "name":"{{issue.Single Group Picker 2.name}}" }
  		]
  	}
  }

Use Case 2

If you want to edit the field without overwriting its original content, you have 2 options:

Solution 1

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Select the field to update using the option Choose the fields to set to
• Enter the list of options below, as shown in the screenshot below (make sure to replace "Single Group Picker 1" and "Single Group Picker 2" with the actual group picker fields):
  • {{issue.Multi Group Picker}}
  • {{issue.Single Group Picker 1}}
  • {{issue.Single Group Picker 2}}
    
    
    

Solution 2

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Expand the More options setting

• Use the JSON formula below (make sure to update it, based on the name of your fields):

  {
  	"update":
  	{
  		"Multi Group Picker": [
              {"add": {"name":"{{issue.Single Group Picker 1.name}}"}},
              {"add": {"name":"{{issue.Single Group Picker 2.name}}"}} 
  		]
  	}
  }

Scenario 3 - Update the group picker (multiple groups) field with the content of other group picker (multiple groups) fields

Use Case 1

Let's assume that you want to replace the content of the Multi Group Picker field with values coming from 2 group picker (multi group) fields listed below:

• Multi Group Picker 1
• Multi Group Picker 2

Here is the solution:

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Select the field to update using the option Choose the fields to set to
• Enter the options below, as shown in the screenshot below (make sure to replace "Multi Group Picker 1" and "Multi Group Picker 2" with the actual group picker fields):
  • {{issue.Multi Group Picker 1}}
  • {{issue.Multi Group Picker 2}}
    

Use Case 2

If you want to edit the field without overwriting its original content, here is the solution:

• Add the Edit Issue action
• Select the field to update using the option Choose the fields to set to
• Enter the option below, as shown in the screenshot (make sure to replace all the field names with the ones from your Jira instance):
  • {{issue.Multi Group Picker}} 
  • {{issue.Multi Group Picker 1}}
  • {{issue.Multi Group Picker 2}}