The Jira form smart value that writes nothing and reports success

Description and use

<h1> The Jira form smart value that writes nothing and reports success </h1> <h3> Key takeaways </h3> <ul> <li>Two unrelated features are called Forms. These smart values only reach advanced forms, the ProForma lineage. Atlassian stated on JRACLOUD-98636 that Jira Software projects do not support advanced forms at all, and closed it Won't Fix.</li> <li>The root smart value is forms, plural. A rule written as {{form.last.key}} resolves to nothing, and the run still reports success. The Edit action does not skip the field, it submits an empty value, so on a field that already held something this

Problem

<h1> The Jira form smart value that writes nothing and reports success </h1> <h3> Key takeaways </h3> <ul> <li>Two unrelated features are called Forms. These smart values only reach advanced forms, the ProForma lineage. Atlassian stated on JRACLOUD-98636 that Jira Software projects do not support advanced forms at all, and closed it Won't Fix.</li> <li>The root smart value is forms, plural. A rule written as {{form.last.key}} resolves to nothing, and the run still reports success. The Edit action does not skip the field, it submits an empty value, so on a field that already held something this

Outcome

<h1> The Jira form smart value that writes nothing and reports success </h1> <h3> Key takeaways </h3> <ul> <li>Two unrelated features are called Forms. These smart values only reach advanced forms, the ProForma lineage. Atlassian stated on JRACLOUD-98636 that Jira Software projects do not support advanced forms at all, and closed it Won't Fix.</li> <li>The root smart value is forms, plural. A rule written as {{form.last.key}} resolves to nothing, and the run still reports success. The Edit action does not skip the field, it submits an empty value, so on a field that already held something this

Evidence

The Jira form smart value that writes nothing and reports success

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