Category: Workflow

JIRA Workflow Designer Trick!

6/3/2013

I am sure most of you would know what a JIRA workflow is. And most of you would have custom workflows implemented in your JIRA instance - for good or bad!

And while maintaining those workflows you certainly would have used the JIRA workflow designer. Even people like me, who always likes to choose the "Text" view over "Diagram" view, has had to use it at some point. For example, while adding common transitions.

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Silly Javascript hacks! or is it?

9/3/2012

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Recently I came across a simple requirement and saw an exaggerated estimate for that. Well, it isn't all that rare but I was amused how a different line of thought can make all the difference in the world!

Requirement : Make a field mandatory in the workflow screen and make sure the mandatory icon is present on screen.

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Permissions based on Workflow Status

2/15/2011

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Ever wondered how to enforce permission checks based on workflow status? JIRA gives us a big set of options to restrict many of the operations (like edit, comment etc) on the issue or its subtasks depending on the issue status.

Yes, I am talking about JIRA Workflow Properties.

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Writing a Workflow Validator!

8/17/2010

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In this tutorial, let us have a look at workflow validators. If you have gone through our workflow post function and condition tutorials, this should be damn easy!

Workflow validators are specific validators that checks whether some pre-defined constraints are satisfied or not while progressing on a workflow.The constraints are configured in the workflow and the user will get an error if the same is not satisfied. A typical example would be to check if a particular field is present or not before the status of the issue is moved to a different status.

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Writing a Workflow Condition!

8/15/2010

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In this tutorial, We attempt to take you through creating workflow conditions. If you have gone through our workflow post function tutorial, it going to be a breeze!

So what are workflow conditions? They determine whether a workflow action is available or not. Considering the importance of workflow in installations and how there is a need to restrict the actions either to a set of people, roles etc or based on some criteria (Eg: the field is not empty!), writing workflow conditions is inevitable.

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Writing a Workflow Post Function!

8/13/2010

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Hope you all enjoyed the custom field tutorial! If you haven't got a chance and is interested, have a look here.

Let us now look at workflow post functions. Workflow post functions are very effective and heavily used. They allow you to do a lot of things when you progress on the workflow on an issue. Lot of customizations and work arounds take this route! And hence I am hoping this tutorial will help you wee bit in getting there!!