Limiting creation of Sub-task to specific parent issue type

[Gregory Kremer]

I have tried a few suggestion, posted on the Forum, to limit sub-task issue creation, based on parent issue  issue type.

The first one was suggested here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/Restrict-type-of-subtask-that-can-be-created-for-a-given-parent/qaq-p/555827 ):

This simple scripted validator on Create transition in sub-issue workflow could do required check:

["Task", "Bug"].contains(issue.parentObject?.issueTypeObject.name)

Mine looked like this:

 ["Program"].contains(issue.parentObject?.issueTypeObject.name)

It gave me this error:

There was an error during the execution of your Jira expression

Message:

Jira expression failed to parse: line 1, column 1:
let, IDENTIFIER, ;, !, -, typeof, (, null, true, false, NUMBER, STRING, TEMPLATE_LITERAL, new, [ or { expected,   encountered.

Then I've tried another solution, suggested here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-can-I-disable-the-menu-options-for-Create-sub-task-and/qaq-p/805084 

issue.getParentObject().getIssueTypeObject().getName() != 'Incident'

Mine looked like this:

issue.getParentObject().getIssueTypeObject().getName() == 'Program'

It didn't work either - the error message is too long to publish here.'

Could anyone please let me know what am I doing wrong? Is it because we are in Jira Cloud? I'd greatly appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.

[Adam Rypel _MoroSystems_ · Accepted solution]

Hello @Gregory Kremer ,

Yes, the suggestions you are referring to are related to server environments. In Cloud, you have to use Jira expression, which is described here: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/jira-expressions/

In your case, the validator would look like this:

issue.parent.issueType.name == "Program"

[Gregory Kremer]

Thank you very much. Appreciate your reply.