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Custom fields in e-mails

emails

Hi.
Is it possible to insert a custom field value to the subject line of an e-mail generated by Gemini?
I'm editing IssueCommentSubjectLine.vm file and everything works fine, but I need to add a name of the customer connected to the issue (a custom field) and I can't find how to do this. I tried $Issue.IssueCustomFieldData[].CustomFieldData but it doesn't work...

Lorentzo
Lorentzo
· 1 		Lorentzo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:36:05 AM
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Did you specify the index of the custom field?
$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData[0].CustomFieldData
Mark Wing
· 9108 		Mark Wing
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:49:40 AM
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Yes, of course :)
I entered $Issue.IssueCustomFieldData[5].CustomFieldData, where "5" is my custom field id. I also tried with a name of the field as an index.

L.
Lorentzo
· 1 		Lorentzo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:52:53 AM
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That should work. Do you get any errors?
Are you using the scheduler service to send alerts?
Mark Wing
· 9108 		Mark Wing
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 11:15:31 AM
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No errors. I just get "$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData[5].CustomFieldData" string in the subject. I use Mail plug-in, not the scheduler.


L.


Lorentzo
· 1 		Lorentzo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 1:05:14 PM
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Can you please post the actual line from the vm file?
Mark Wing
· 9108 		Mark Wing
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 1:42:05 PM
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Actual line is quite simple:
[$issue.IssueKey] Commented - $issue.IssueSummary
I' was trying also quite simple:
$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData[5].CustomFieldData  [$issue.IssueKey] Commented - $issue.IssueSummary
Lorentzo
· 1 		Lorentzo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 3:39:22 PM
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Ok, this looks like there is an exception. Did you check the Gemini error log?
Please try and check the length of the array first:
$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData.Length  [$issue.IssueKey] Commented - $issue.IssueSummary


Mark Wing
· 9108 		Mark Wing
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 3:55:04 PM
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Log is clear. It looks like Gemini treats "$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData[5].CustomFieldData" as simple string. The same for "$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData.Length"
Now my mail subject looks like this:
"$Issue.IssueCustomFieldData.Length  [AT-3353] Commented - test"

Maybe I should use any brace brackets or something?
L.
Lorentzo
· 1 		Lorentzo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 4:18:55 PM
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Sorry, I think I know why this happens.
With the mail plugin the custom field collection is null.
You can test this by trying to output another field:

$Issue.IssueID
Mark Wing
· 9108 		Mark Wing
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 4:24:55 PM