How can I make fields required on one status but not the other?

[Heather Barnes]

I don't use Jira as most organizations probably do. We just keep track of our projects this way and we have 4 status buckets (review/research, to do, in progress, and completed) 

I have it set up so that all issues that are logged (or projects in our case), require a due date. However, I don't want due date to be required if in  review/research status. How would I go about this? 

[Rik de Valk _Brainboss_]

Hi @Heather Barnes ,

Making a field requires or not is typically done via the Field Configuration Scheme. However, this solution doesn’t allow you to differentiate between different statuses.

The typical solution for making fields required in a certain status, is using a Workflow Validator (Field Required Validator). This solution validates if a work item has a certain field has a value at the moment of entering the new status.

The limitation of this solution is that it doesn’t prevent users from clearing the field after the item has been moved to that status. 

if that is not a show stopper for you, the workflow validator is the way to go.

have a nice day!

Rik