JMWE field validators with parent link

[Ahmad Sidawi]

JMWE allows for field validation of a parent issue using issue.parent.customfield_xyz, but this mainly seems to work with Subtasks and their parent.

Can we apply the same type of validators for issues that are in a Jira hierarchy using Parent Link?

So for an example an Initiative to an Epic, when transitioning the Epic's status we want to check a field in the parent Initiative. Using parent or attempting to access the parent issue's fields hasn't worked so far.

Thanks

[David Fischer · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ahmad Sidawi 

unfortunately, Jira Expressions, which is the language 3rd-party apps must use to implement custom Conditions and Validators on Jira Cloud, don't (yet) support the new unified issue hierarchy Atlassian recently introduced, and it also doesn't support Advanced Roadmaps and its "Parent/Child" relationship.

The only thing you can do is is the Epic/Stories relationship using issue.epic and issue.stories

[Ahmad Sidawi]

Thanks, thats unfortunate

[Devangkumar Mali]

Hi,

You can use issue.epic.customfield_xxxxx.value == "A value" to fetch epic custom field value. thanks.