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Text field

This function returns the previous value of the given field for the current issue.

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previousValue(textField) #Output: Text

Parser expression	Description
`previousValue(%{issue.summary})`	This example returns the previous summary.
`previousValue(%{issue.priority})`	This example returns the previous priority.

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`textField`	text	Any given text field code.

This function returns a text

It will return null if the field was previously uninitialized.

Variant of number and date-time fields.

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previousValue(numberField) #Output: Number

Parser expression	Description
`previousValue({issue.dueDate})`	This example returns the previous due date.

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`numberField`	text	Any given numeric or date-time field code.

This function returns a number .

It will return null if the field was previously uninitialized.

Use case	Workflow function	Automated action	Parser functions
Prioritize the issues globally	Update or copy field values		indexOf() previousValue() issuesFromJQL()
Create an issue with a custom summary	Create issue		previousValue()
Set assignee based on a former assignee	Update or copy field values		previousValue()
Add links to the issues in a ScriptRunner Issue Picker field		Create issue link action Delete issue link action	issueKeysToIssueList() toString() toStringList() replaceAll() previousValue()