Recurring Tasks in Jira with Scriptrunner

Sometimes we need to create new tickets in Jira programmatically each first of month… (yes, in other words, we will create a recurring task each month) and a scheduled process stored in Jira is called “Service”.

With Adaptavist Scriptrunner or MyGroovy plugins for Jira Server and a little groovy script we can create programmatically complex recurring tasks!

You only need to adapt this script to your situation

//REST clases
import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder
import org.apache.http.HttpRequestInterceptor;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import java.sql.Timestamp
import java.text.DateFormat
import java.util.Date

import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.AbstractIssueEventListener
import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.IssueEvent
import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.CustomFieldType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField
import com.atlassian.mail.Email
import com.atlassian.mail.server.MailServerManager
import com.atlassian.mail.server.SMTPMailServer
import org.apache.log4j.Category
import com.atlassian.jira.user.util.UserUtil
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import java.sql.Timestamp
import java.text.DateFormat
import java.util.Date
import com.atlassian.jira.project.Project
import org.apache.log4j.Category
import com.atlassian.jira.bc.project.component.*
import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder
import org.apache.http.HttpRequestInterceptor;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager;
import groovyx.net.http.ContentType;
import groovyx.net.http.Method.*;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.label.LabelManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.watchers.WatcherManager

MailServerManager mailServerManager = ComponentAccessor.getMailServerManager()
SMTPMailServer mailServer = mailServerManager.getDefaultSMTPMailServer()

Category log = Category.getInstance("com.onresolve.jira.groovy")
log.setLevel(org.apache.log4j.Level.DEBUG)
log.debug "---------------------------RECURRING TASKS INIT-------------------------"
def today = new Date().format('yyyy-MM-dd');
def month = new Date().format('MM').toInteger();
if ( month == 0 ) month = 11
month = month-1
def month_txt = new java.text.DateFormatSymbols().months[month]

def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager()
def currentUserObj = userManager.getUserByName("ADMIN")
def issueMgr = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager()
def projectMgr = ComponentAccessor.getProjectManager()
def issueFactory = ComponentAccessor.getIssueFactory()
WatcherManager watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()

//RECURRENT INVOICE TASK EXAMPLE...
//---------------------------------------------CREATE NEW ISSUE EACH FIRST OF MONTH
def newissue = issueFactory.getIssue();
newissue.setSummary ("INVOICE OF MONTH " + month_txt)
newissue.setProjectObject (projectMgr.getProjectByCurrentKey("PRJ"))
newissue.setIssueTypeId("XX") //IssueType Id
def project = projectMgr.getProjectByCurrentKey("PRJ")
newissue.setReporterId("ADMIN")
newissue.setAssigneeId(project.getLeadUserKey())
newissue.setDescription("INVOICE...")
//"Saving Issue"
def params = ["issue":newissue]
def subTask = issueMgr.createIssue(currentUserObj, params)
def Key = subTask.get("key")
log.debug "Key = " + Key
//Adding labels
LabelManager labelManager = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(LabelManager)
def labels = labelManager.getLabels(newissue.id).collect{it.getLabel()}
labels += 'Invoice'
labelManager.setLabels(currentUserObj,newissue.id,labels.toSet(),false,false)
//Adding watchers
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER1"), newissue)
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER2"), newissue)

//------------------------------------------------------------
//OTHER EXAMPLE RECURRING TASK
newissue = issueFactory.getIssue();
newissue.setSummary ("EXAMPLE")
newissue.setProjectObject (projectMgr.getProjectByCurrentKey("PRJ"))
newissue.setIssueTypeId("XX") //IssueType Id
project = projectMgr.getProjectByCurrentKey("PRJ")
newissue.setReporterId("ADMIN")
newissue.setAssigneeId("ADMIN")
newissue.setDescription("EXAMPLE...")
//"Saving Issue"
params = ["issue":newissue]
subTask = issueMgr.createIssue(currentUserObj, params)
Key = subTask.get("key")
log.debug "Key = " + Key
//Adding labels
labelManager = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(LabelManager)
labels = labelManager.getLabels(newissue.id).collect{it.getLabel()}
labels += 'Example'
labelManager.setLabels(currentUserObj,newissue.id,labels.toSet(),false,false)
//Adding watchers
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER1"), newissue)
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER2"), newissue)
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER3"), newissue)
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER4"), newissue)
watcherManager.startWatching(userManager.getUserByName("USER5"), newissue)
log.debug "---------------------------RECURRING TASKS END-------------------------"

Save it as a file and place it as a Jira Service (and configure the execution time).

• How to create a new Service with Groovy ScriptRunner

In the marketplace exists Jira plugin solutions for more complex situations:

see more (link)

By MrAddon