what is the difference between these two rules "compare two values" and "does not equal"?

[Consulente Atlassian]

I am trying to figure out what is the difference between these two automation rules, since it seems to me that they do the same thing. does anyone have experience and can give me some suggestions please ?

[Max Foerster - K15t · Accepted solution]

Hey @Consulente Atlassian ,

when configuring both conditions, you will notice that the Issue field condition is easier to configure (more guidance) and does not support smart values. The Advanced compare condition is called advanced for a reason. 😁  See the available option alone:

So both rules achieve the same thing but using smart values and the more sophisticated conditions enable you to achieve more complex use cases! 🤘🏼

Best, Max

[Consulente Atlassian]

thank you all for your answers and clarifications. I hope that one day there will be a nice easy to use and informative page about this powerful jira plugin seems to me a little too neglected by Atlassian, at least in the documentation.
Luckily there is the Community. ah almost forgot, I wanted to assign kudos, but I see that the user search system to assign kudos is still crying is very very poor, here is another point where Atlassian can definitely improve. If I type in your names the kudos search engine can't find you. Sorry.

@Wajahat Rahman  @Max Foerster - K15t 

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Happy to help! But did you come across the official documentation? I actually thought they were pretty good so far.

Jira Cloud automation 

But yes, as a last resort, you still have the community! You will certainly find answers to the very special cases here. 😁 🤘🏼

[Wajahat Rahman]

Hi @Consulente Atlassian 

The first condition is from 'Advanced Compare' component which provides you more control over the issue field plus their related fields (e.g Pull request attributes).

Here's an example (where I'm using it for slightly more complex cases):

The second condition is from 'Issue Field Conditions', which as the name suggests, is specific to the Issues fields only. 

Based on your condition, it seems like both should provide the same result. 

It's just like whether you should be using a chainsaw or a scissor to cut a piece of paper :D