Can you associate a screen to a validation rule?

[William Chambers]

I think I know the answer already but worth asking the big brains. I've set up a validation to block a transition from Ready to Start to In Progress if there is no Technical Approach field value.

As you all know the transition validation error message isn't very prominent and it will just result in people thinking they've transitioned it even though it hasn't moved.

I've created a 'Technical approach missing' screen that I would like to display if that validation rule is triggered. Is there a way to associate a screen only when there is a validation error? 

If not, I reckon I'll try a third party extension like Jira misc workflow extension and see how that goes.

[Chu Dam · Accepted solution]

Hi @William Chambers 

A screen can only be associated with a transition inside a workflow, here is the doc about that: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/map-a-screen-to-a-workflow-transition-in-jira-server-720634253.html

What will happen if you have a validation rule called "Field Required Validator" on the transition: 

1. the screen will pop on issue move or status change using the transition
2. this will allow users to fill fields with data such as the Technical Approach field you need
3. if users don't provide a value for the Technical Approach field then the validation will be triggered... 
4. you can add an custom error message on the Field Required Validator

Here is the doc about validators: 
https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/advanced-workflow-configuration-938847443.html#Advancedworkflowconfiguration-validators

I hope this helps. 

Cheers,
Dam.