Jira Expressions in Workflow Validators

perla.miranda

I'm having an issue with Jira Expressions. I'm unclear on how to use if statements.

Goal: I've got an issue type of "Groundwork" that uses a workflow that is standard for all subtasks. When this groundwork status is updated to "Complete", I want to check that all sibling subtasks are assigned (because this is just part of the responsibilities for the person who completes the groundwork task). If any are Unassigned this transition should fail.

Steps Taken:

• In the workflow, I'm adding a validator during the transition to "Complete".
• I've looked at the Jira Expressions documentation: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/jira-expressions/

Problem:

• I'm unsure how to really use functions or if statements in Jira Expressions. I'm getting the following error and I'm unsure how to translate this into Jira Expressions. Error: "Jira expression failed to parse: line 3, column 1:\nexpression expected, reserved keyword 'if' encountered."

passesCondition = true

// if issue is groundwork type
if (issue.issueType.name.match('^(Groundwork)$') != null) {

    // get parent
    parentIssue = issue.parent

    // get subtasks
    def subTasks = parentIssue.getSubTaskObjects()

    // for each subtask
    subTasks.each {
        // if not assigned
        if (it.assignee == null)
             passesCondition = false
    } 
}
passesCondition 

Questions:

1. How can I translate the code above to Jira Expressions?
2. Are there any other alternatives, without Jira Automation?

perla.miranda

Final answer:

If issue type is not Groundwork, automatically pass, otherwise, check sibling subtasks and assignee.

issue.issueType.name.match('^(Groundwork)$') == null || (issue.issueType.name.match('^(Groundwork)$') != null && issue.parent.subtasks.filter(subtask => subtask.assignee != null).length == issue.parent.subtasks.length)? true : false