Validator: check if the issue is linked to another issue? Only proceed if the condition is met

[Narender Mehra]

Hi,

I am using jira cloud and I would like to put a validator in my workflow for epics which will allow transition to happen if the epic only has a particular linked type <is child of> linkage.

Could you please let me know how it can be done? I am using scriptrunner for jira cloud

[Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_]

Hi Narender,

Thank you for your question.

I can confirm that it is not possible to add in a workflow validator with ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud that can restrict a transition when an epic issue does not have a specific link type. 

This is due to the fact that the ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud plugin is unable to provide the same workflow validators functionality that the server version provides.

The reason we are unable to provide this functionality is due to the restricted functionality and API's which Atlassian provide inside JIRA Cloud, due to the fact that Atlassian only provides a Rest API in Jira Cloud and not the same Java API that the server version contains.

You can see more detailed information on the differences between ScriptRunner for JIRA Cloud and ScriptRunner for JIRA Server inside of the documentation page located here.

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Regards,

Kristian