Description
The UpdateIssueData.SetField method sets a new value for a Jira field.
Declaration
UpdateIssueData.SetField(Name, Value)
| Name | [in] | Required | String | |
| Value | [in] | Required | String | |
| Result | None | |||
Applies To
The method is applied to the following object:
Parameters
The method has the following parameters:
Name
The name of the Jira field a new value will be set for.
|  | To set values for Jira custom fields, use their identifiers instead of the field names. | 
Value
The new value for the specified Jira field.
Result Value
None.
Remarks
You can use the SetFieldJSON method to set field values as well.
Example
The code below demonstrates how you can use SetField method in your script tests:
JavaScript, JScript
function BugToJira()
				{
  // Log in to Jira
  Jira.Login("https://mycompany.atlassian/net/", "[email protected]", "c40Mwj3PovmRTFZbmIiwB8C2");
  // Create an object that defines bug properties
  var jiraData = Jira.CreateNewBugData("MyJiraProjectKey", "John Smith", "High", "Sample bug summary", "Sample bug description").
                setField("customfield_10700", "12.40.08");
  // Post the issue to Jira 
  var key = Jira.PostIssue(jiraData);
  // Attach the desired file to the created issue
  Jira.PostAttachment(key, "C:\\temp\\MyFile.txt");
				}
Python
def BugToJira():
  # Log in to Jira
  Jira.Login("https://mycompany.atlassian/net/", "[email protected]", "c40Mwj3PovmRTFZbmIiwB8C2")
  # Create an object that defines bug properties
  jiraData = Jira.CreateNewBugData("MyJiraProjectKey", "John Smith", "High", "This is a sample bug summary", "Sample bug description").\
                setField("customfield_10700", "12.40.08");
  # Post the issue to Jira 
  key = Jira.PostIssue(jiraData)
  # Attach the desired file to the created issue
  Jira.PostAttachment(key, "C:\\temp\\MyFile.txt")VBScript
Sub BugToJira
  ' Log in to Jira
  Call Jira.Login("https://mycompany.atlassian/net/", "[email protected]", "c40Mwj3PovmRTFZbmIiwB8C2")
  ' Create an object that defines bug properties
  Set jiraData = Jira.CreateNewBugData("MyJiraProjectKey", "John Smith", "High", "Sample bug summary", "Sample bug description")._
                setField("customfield_10700", "12.40.08")
  ' Post the issue to Jira 
  key = Jira.PostIssue(jiraData)
  ' Attach the desired file to the created issue
  Call Jira.PostAttachment(key, "C:\\temp\\MyFile.txt")
End Sub
DelphiScript
procedure BugToJira;
var 
  jiraData, key;
begin
  // Log in to Jira
  Jira.Login('https://mycompany.atlassian/net/', '[email protected]', 'c40Mwj3PovmRTFZbmIiwB8C2');
  // Create an object that defines bug properties
  jiraData := Jira.CreateNewBugData('MyJiraProjectKey', 'John Smith', 'High', 'This is a sample bug summary', 'Sample bug description').
                setField('customfield_10700', '12.40.08');
  // Post the issue to Jira 
  key := Jira.PostIssue(jiraData);
  // Attach the desired file to the created issue
  Jira.PostAttachment(key, 'C:\temp\MyFile.txt');
end;
C++Script, C#Script
function BugToJira()
				{
  // Log in to Jira
  Jira["Login"]("https://mycompany.atlassian/net/", "[email protected]", "c40Mwj3PovmRTFZbmIiwB8C2");
  // Create an object that defines bug properties
  var jiraData = Jira["CreateNewBugData"]("MyJiraProjectKey", "John Smith", "High", "This is a sample bug summary", "Sample bug description")
                ["setField"]("customfield_10700", "12.40.08");
  // Post the issue to Jira 
  var key = Jira["PostIssue"](jiraData);
  // Attach the desired file to the created issue
  Jira["PostAttachment"](key, "C:\\temp\\MyFile.txt");
				}
|  | To interact with Jira custom fields, use their identifiers instead of the field names. In the code above, it is customfield_10700. | 
To call this function from keyword tests, use the Run Code Snippet operation.
