How to do a force transition using groovy?

[Kiran Jonnada]

Hi All,

I already have the code which transitions an issue from one status to another status if there is transition between these two statuses. But, I want to change status of the issue if though there is no transition between two statuses. 

Thanks,

Kiran.

[David Fischer]

The short answer is: you don't. Jira doesn't support modifying the Status field without using a transition.

What you can do is create "invisible" transitions between the two statuses (or between any status and the destination status - i.e. a "global" transition). You can hide transitions using the "Hide transition from user" Condition.

[Kiran Jonnada]

Thanks David

[Mark Markov]

Hello @Kiran Jonnada

Actually there are exists one method that can do it: workflowManager's migrateIssueToWorkflow method.

https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/7.1.5/com/atlassian/jira/workflow/WorkflowManager.html#migrateIssueToWorkflow-com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue-com.atlassian.jira.workflow.JiraWorkflow-com.atlassian.jira.issue.status.Status-

But i'm not sure how it will be works when you migrate issue on the same workflow.

It needs some test in non-product environment :)

At least you can migrate issue on temp tech workflow and then migrate on target.

[Kiran Jonnada]

Thanks Mark