---
title: "getComponentFromEvent"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PSJ/15481025/getComponentFromEvent"
format: markdown
---
> Macro (aura-html)


> 📝 The use of this function requires the Power Scripts for Jira add-on be installed and licensed.

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| **Syntax** | getComponentFromEvent() | **Package** |  |
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## Description

> Macro (excerpt)
> 
> Retrieves a structure containing information about a component that has been created, merged, or deleted.

Retrieves a structure containing information about a component that has been created, merged, or deleted.

## Parameters

| Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

## Return Type

**[JComponent](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJ/pages/15487117)**

## Example

```
logPrint("INFO", "Result of listener: " + getComponentFromEvent());
```

The result is a structure containing the component id, the name of the component, its description and the component lead.

## See also

> Macro (contentbylabel)

> Macro (fc909b09-b512-4c31-a844-dd855b0e6aae/db1c8759-c7e5-4e80-9022-d19e47b0e2b0/static/macro)