How to customize Jenkins build name?

Question

When I run a job in Jenkins, each build is given a name that shows in the UI in Build History that\'s basically the current date and time.

I\'d like to be able to put in

Answer 1

It is also possible to set build name "manually", using Jenkins Groovy plugin. Just follow these steps:

1. Generate a new build name. If you are going to perform it in the separate job step, you may need to save it to properties file, for example with name "newVersion" and perform an "Inject environment variables" step with Jenkins EnvInject plugin.

2. Next step - run a System Groovy script:

   def build = Thread.currentThread().executable
   assert build
   def newBuildName = build.getEnvironment().get('newVersion')
   try {
       if (newBuildName) build.displayName = newBuildName
       println "Build display name is set to ${newBuildName}"
   } catch (MissingPropertyException e) {}
   

As you can see, we are using a build.displayName variable here. Its value is a visible build name in Jenkins.