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How to set Validation for Select List (multiple choices) on Create Transition in Jira Cloud Workflow

Digvijay Singh Gehlot
Contributor
October 29, 2025

Hi Community, 

I want to set an option validator for Select List (multiple choices) field on Create transition in Jira Cloud Workflow.

Use-case:

- On Create screen, if user selects Option 1 and Option 2 in Select List (multiple choices) field

- Then show a validation error message on Create screen when user tries to click on Create button, saying that "You can't submit issue with both the Options - Select any one"

Please guide with Jira Expression using JMWE app (like Build-your-own Validator) or JSU Rule Builder or Scriptrunner Script or any other suitable validator in this case.

Thanks

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Valerie Knapp
Community Champion
October 29, 2025

Hi @Digvijay Singh Gehlot , thanks for your post.

This sounds like something you could do with a Behaviour if you already have ScriptRunner. Please check out the tutorial / documentation here - https://docs.adaptavist.com/sr4js/latest/features/behaviours 

Let us know if you need other help.

Best wishes

Kristian Walker _Adaptavist_
Community Champion
October 29, 2025

Hi Digvijay,

Unfortunately, you would not be able to do this with Behaviours as behaviours in Jira cloud does not support setting errors on a screen. 

You could do this with a workflow validator on the Create screenwhich would allow you to set an error message.

Using a validator, you could write a Jira Expression to verify that only one option is selected. 

Regards,

Kristian

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Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_
Atlassian Partner
October 29, 2025

Hi,

If you prefer working with a UI instead of writing Jira Expressions manually, our team created Ultimate Validator, which builds the expression for you and makes these kinds of requirements much easier to configure.

Here’s how it looks for your case:

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I’m from Forgappify, the vendor of the app. Ultimate Validator is included as part of the Workflow Building Blocks for Jira app.

Hope this helps! 😊

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