Workflows

[Darren Ganasen]

I would like to find out the following: 

When i transition a Bug from example: Backlog > To do i want a specific field populated example: Testing Cycle.

However within the same project When i transition a Story from example: Backlog > To do i do not want the Testing Cycle.

I have added a validation that does this but it applies to all issue types not just Bugs, what could i be doing wrong?

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Darren,

Can you share what your Validator looks like so far?

[Darren Ganasen]

Hi @John Funk 

This is what my validator currently looks like currently.

[Darren Ganasen]

i am using JIRA cloud

[John Funk]

You are not going to be able to do that with a single Validator unless you are using something like JMWE or ScriptRunner. 

The other option is to create to separate transitions from Backlog to To Do and put a condition on each to to make the Issue Type (one for Bug, one for Story). Then you put the validator on the transition for the Bug. 

We actually use different workflows for Bugs than regular development, so that is an option, too. 

Lots of choices for you, so Good Monday to you!  :-)

[Darren Ganasen]

Thank you John this is an excellent solution :)

[John Funk]

Great - hope it works out for you.