custom field for "is blocked"

[Sarah Thomas]

I would like to add a custom field to the issues, which indicates whether the card is blocked by another card that is not yet marked "done".

Example: Imagine 2 story cards, Card 1 and Card 2.

Card 1 has a linked issue: "is blocked by" Card 2.

Card 2 has status "To Do".

This means Card 1 cannot yet be performed, as Card 2 is not "Done".

I would then like that there is a field in Card 1 that states

"IsBlocked"  = "yes" (or something similar to this)

I understand that  this is most probably using scriptrunner, but I don't understand how this works. I am using Jira Cloud (and have find relevant examples of scriptrunner for Jira Server that do not work).

Thankyou

[Mark Segall · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sarah Thomas - You can accomplish this with native Jira Automation.  You'll require 2 rules:

RULE 1: Setting the IsBlocked Flag

• TRIGGER: Issue Linked
  • Link Type = Blocks
• CONDITION: Status != Done
• BRANCH (Destination Issue)
  • ACTION: Edit Issue (IsBlocked)

RULE 2: Clearing the IsBlocked Flag

• TRIGGER: Issue Transitioned
  • To Done
• BRANCH (Linked Issues - Blocks)
  • CONDITION (Related Issues Condition)
    Adding this in case the issue has multiple blocks
    • Linked Issues
    • Is Blocked By
    • All match specified JQL
    • status = Done  
  • ACTION: Edit Issue (IsBlocked)

As an aside, you may want to consider simply using the native Flag feature rather than creating a custom field.

[Sarah Thomas]

Thank-you so much; This is just what I needed. I needed to extend the idea a little with an extra rule, as a card can be blocked by multiple cards, so the second trigger instead for me triggers that when a card moves to "done", then each card that was previously blocked now runs a check to see if it is blocked by other cards.

The idea is the same though, so thank-you so much!