JIRA attribute path resolves an attribute from the JSON response returned by JIRA Get Issue REST API e.g. host:port/jira/rest/api/2/issue/10509/. To understand how the path works, refer to the example below.

Example attribute path

Attribute Path	Attribute Value
id	11120
fields.description	description body
fields.summary	summary content
fields.status.name	To Do

Example JSON response from JIRA REST API

{
  "expand": "renderedFields,names,schema,transitions,operations,editmeta,changelog,versionedRepresentations",
  "id": "11120",
  "self": "http://localhost:2990/jira/rest/api/2/issue/11120",
  "key": "TEST-136",
  "fields": {
    ...
    "description": "description body",
    "summary": "summary content",
    ...
    "status": {
      "name": "To Do",
        ...
    }
  }
}