Reference 2 Lookup Issues action list in one rule
Asked by Nofar Ben Kereth:

Hey,

Is it possible to reference 2 different Lookup Issues list in one rule?

I would like to lookup for 2 lists and divide the size of them by each other.

Thanks,

Nofar


Answers:
author: Bill Sheboy
body: Hi [@Nofar Ben Kereth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3709861)

No, and...You could store the results such as count (size) in a created variable and use it later once you use Lookup Issues again for the second query.

Best regards,  
Bill

comments: author: Nofar Ben Kereth
body: That's what I did but it doesn't seem to work. Adding screenshots ![Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 17.47.10.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153338i0670F9E9A857B069/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 17.47.10.png")![Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 17.47.33.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153337i90408277A91FE249/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 17.47.33.png")


author: Bill Sheboy
body: Would you please show what you set as the value for your created variable? Thanks!

You cannot save the entire {{lookupIssues}} result in a created variable... Although I wonder if it was converted to JSON if that was possible. Anyways... You can save the count as that is what you wanted for the division:

{{lookupIssues.size\|0}}

Note that I added the default value of zero. That makes it easier to check before trying to divide by zero (or null) later.

And...please note that smart values and functions are case-sensitive, so your division value appears to have the incorrect capitalization for the smart values.


author: Nofar Ben Kereth
body: Thanks Bill.

Actually I had a problem with the case sensitive smartvalues.

But I still don't get the right answer.

I get the value of the second list size and not the answer to the division of the 2.

My variable is simple as {{lookupIssues}} (will add the \|0, thanks for the tip :))


author: Bill Sheboy
body: Gotcha; you need to save just the size, not the entire {{lookupIssues}}


author: Nofar Ben Kereth
body: Apparently this is what I did, the final number I ger is still the size of the 2nd list. Any idea?

![Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 18.46.28.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153356iC37F729189283902/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2021-07-28 at 18.46.28.png")


author: Bill Sheboy
body: Okay, two things to help/try:

* At each point where you think you have a value, also use the action to write that to the audit log. That should confirm if the first lookup issues has any data.
* Next...and **sorry I forgot this: [created variables cannot be used as parameters to functions](https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/AUT-2022)** . So the work-around is to use a [math expression](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/smart-values-math-expressions/) and to convert the variable to a number, when editing Epic Progress:

    {{#=}}{{lookupIssues.size|0}} / {{IssuesInEpic.asNumber}}{{/}}

You may want to tweak it to get the precision/number of digits you want.


author: Nofar Ben Kereth
body: Thanks! That helped!!