Unable to update JIRA scrum board simplified workflow

[Sonal Vasisth]

we are using JIRA v7.2.13. I created a new scrum board and I am looking to have simplified workflow as "Using Simplified Workflow" but I can see only "Software Simplified Workflow unavailable" as the read only value. Please advise how can I update the workflow type

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Simplified workflows can be quite complex to get to, depending on your board and what it selects.

You need to have the administrator click "simplify workflow" on your board, but the option will only appear if:

• You have only one workflow across all the projects that the board filter selects for, so
  • all projects that *might* be included in the board have to be on the same workflow scheme, which is not shared by other projects not on the board,
  • that scheme has to only have one workflow
• The workflow must have at least one outgoing transition on each status

You need to be sure your workflow is not trying to be clever and will not need to be after being simplified.  The conversion can fail if you've used any workflow functions that are not part of Core Jira, and although Jira will let you add functions after simplification, they can be scrubbed by users, so if you need a workflow with any functions, you should not simplify.

[Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_]

These are some prerequisites:

Your board needs to show only one project.

Your project needs to use a workflow scheme with only one workflow for all issue types.

The workflow only uses functions, validators and conditions that are provided by Atlassian.

The workflow has minimum one outgoing transition for each status.

It could also be that you need the Extended project administration permission but if I'm not mistaken, it's not available yet in 7.2.x