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Number list

This function returns the number of elements in a number list.

Bash

count(numberList) #Output: Number

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `count([1, 1, 2, 2])`	This example returns 4
Bash `count(subtasks()) - count(fieldValue({00012}, subtasks()))`	This example returns the number of sub-tasks with an empty "Due Date". To achieve this, the following functions are used: count() subtasks() fieldValue()

Parser expression

Description

Bash

count([1, 1, 2, 2])

This example returns

Bash

count(subtasks()) - count(fieldValue({00012}, subtasks()))

This example returns the number of sub-tasks with an empty "Due Date".

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`numberList`	number list	Any given number list.

Output

This function returns a number

Number in number list

This variant counts how often a given number appears in a number list.

Bash

count(number, numberList) #Output: Number

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `count(1, [1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0]`	This example returns 3

Parser expression

Description

Bash

count(1, [1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0]

This example returns

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`number`	number	Any given number.
`numberList`	number list	Any given number list.

Output

This function returns a number

Text list

This function returns the number of elements in a text list.

Bash

count(textList) #Output: Number

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `count(["blue", "red", "blue", "black"])`	This example returns 4
Bash `count(distinct(fieldValue(%{00094}, subtasks())))`	This example returns the number of components selected among all sub-tasks. To achieve this, the following functions are used: distinct() fieldValue() subtasks()

Parser expression

Description

Bash

count(["blue", "red", "blue", "black"])

This example returns

Bash

count(distinct(fieldValue(%{00094}, subtasks())))

This example returns the number of components selected among all sub-tasks.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`textList`	text list	Any given text list.

Output

This function returns a number

Text in text list

This variant counts how often a given text appears in a text list.

Bash

count(text, textList) #Output: Number

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `count("blue", ["blue", "blue", "red", "red", "blue", "green"])`	This example returns 3

Parser expression

Description

Bash

count("blue", ["blue", "blue", "red", "red", "blue", "green"])

This example returns

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`text`	text	Any given text.
`textList`	text list	Any given text list.

Output

This function returns a number

Issue list

This functions returns the number of elements in a given issue list.

Bash

count(issueList) #Output: Number

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `count(subtasks())`	This example returns the number of all subtasks. To achieve this, the following function is used: subtasks()
Bash `count(filterByIssueType(subtasks(), "Technical task"))`	This example returns the number of all subtasks that are Technical tasks. To achieve this, the following functions are used: filterByIssueType() subtasks()
Bash `count(linkedIssues("is blocked by"))`	This example returns the number of all linked blocking issues. To achieve this, the following functions are used: linkedIssues()
Bash `count(filterByResolution(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), ""))`	This example returns the number of unresolved blocking issues. To achieve this, the following functions are used: filterByResolution() linkedIssues()

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`issueList`	issue list	Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g. linkedIssues() or subtasks()).

Output

This function returns a number

📚 Use cases and examples

Use case	Workflow function	Field type	Automated action	Parser functions
Prevent a transition depending of the number of components	Logical validator Logical condition			numberOfSelectedItems()
Number of unresolved blocking issues		Number		count() filterByResolution() linkedIssues()
Close epic when stories are done			Transition issue action	count() filterByStatus() issuesUnderEpic()
Block an Epic's transition until all the issues under that Epic are resolved	Logical validator Logical condition			count() issuesUnderEpic() filterByResolution()
Block an Epic's transition depending on linked issues status and due date	Logical validator Logical condition			count() filterByPredicate() linkedIssues()
Number of times a custom field has been changed		Number		count() fieldChangeTimes()
Ensure that all issues linked with a certain issue link type have "Due Date" field set	Logical validator Logical condition			count() linkedIssues() fieldValue()
Number of issues in the same version		Number		count() issuesFromJQL()
Prevent issue creation with the same field value (Boolean)	Logical validator Validation based on JQL query			count() issuesFromJQL()
Validate only issue links created in transition screen	Logical validator			count() transitionLinkedIssues() filterByProject() filterByIssueType()
Create several issues combining fields	Create issue			nthElement() toStringList() modulus() count() ceil()
Reject duplicated file names in attachments	Logical validator Logical condition			count() toStringList() distinct()
Number of times a resolved issue has been rejected		Number		count() timesOfTransition()
Automatically close parent when all sub-tasks are done			Transition issue action	count() filterByStatus() siblingSubtasks()
Number of open subtasks		Number		count() filterByPredicate() subtasks()
Block a transition until all sub-tasks have certain fields populated	Logical validator Logical condition			count() filterByPredicate() subtasks()