Restrict available issue options for Linked Issues

Marko Slijepčević_2ujl7r

Greetings community,

Is there a possibility to limit the user on which issue type they can select for linking issues (Linked Issue) in Jira by using ScriptRunner?

For example, if I want to link an Issue of type Story, I want to restrict the users only to be able to link the Story Issue to a Task Issuetype.

I am working on Jira Software for Data Center.

Thank you!

Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_

Hi @Marko Slijepčević

Welcome to the Community.

For your requirement, using the Server-Side Behaviour for the Linked Issues field would be best.

Below is a working sample code for your reference:-

import com.adaptavist.hapi.jira.issues.Issues
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.user.FieldBehaviours
import groovy.transform.BaseScript

@BaseScript FieldBehaviours fieldBehaviours
def linkedIssues = getFieldById(fieldChanged)
def issueLinksIssue = getFieldById("issuelinks-issues")

linkedIssues.clearError()

if (linkedIssues && issueContext.issueType.name == 'Story' && issueLinksIssue.formValue) {
 def issueKey = issueLinksIssue.formValue as String
if (Issues.getByKey(issueKey).issueType.name != 'Task') {
 linkedIssues.setError('Only Task Types can be selected')
 }
}

Please note that the sample code above is not 100% exact to your environment. Hence, you will need to make the required modifications.

Also please note that in this code I have used a feature from ScriptRunner's HAPI feature. To be able to use this feature, please ensure that you upgrade your ScriptRunner plugin to the latest release, i.e. 8.4.0.

Below is a screenshot of the Behaviour configuration:-

What this script does is that when the issue is either being created/edited or in a transition, it checks on the linked issue type that is selected.

In this case, if the current issue type created or updated is a Story unless the Linked Issue Type selected is Task, it will return an error message.

I hope this helps to answer your question. :-)

Thank you, and Kind regards,

Ram