How do you create notifications based on issue severity?

Question

I want notifications to go out to a group based on Critical & Major only.

I have tried a notification scheme (it does not allow you to specify severity)

I have tried subscription, but I don't want to spam the users showing ALL notifications based on my filter. I want the notification to pop when the critical/major issue is created.

Thoughts?

Vladimir Horev - RaleyApps · Answer

You can try our plugin Raley Emails Notifications - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.vacom.jirassimo

Define your custom JQL as "severity in (Critical, major)" and specify email destination.

Udo Brand · Answer

Pauls suggestion will not work if you're using JIRA Cloud, since this plugin (or others) aren't available. See: https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=315326753

BernardH · Answer

Thanks...testing this solution now! If this does not work I will try the plugin route offered by Paul.