is it possible to create a workflow that don't share anything with other workflow ?

Question

Using JIRA, all stuff are shared. for instance, name of states inside a workflow can't be the same than another state that already exist inside another workflow.

if we have 10 workflow in our server, we need to rename the state to be sure there are unique. For instance for the "open" state, I will have :

workflow1_open

workflow2_open

...

It is not very beautifull. Isn't it possible to work inside a workflow and telling the tool that this workflow don't reuse existing state from other worflow so that I could name my state with short names ? (open, close, etc...)

The same with attributes, transition, screen, etc. if the number of workflow increase the name of these stuff will need to be prefixed with the name of the workflow...

John Funk · Answer

You can copy the workflows and modify them as needed for the transition names. You don't have to share the same workflows, though that is best for maintenance.

As for descriptions of custom fields, you can create different field configurations for each project for each issue type. In the Field Configuration you can change the Description.

You are mixing a lot of things here, so work on changing one thing at a time.

ribas · Answer

thanks, yes you are right, maybe for status my question is useless because status are not configurable except for their names. but for fields used in the workflow I will have the same problem...

one attribute "description" that may have rich text or not depending on the workflow where it is used...

the same for the transition that have names ? transition from "open" to "in progress" could be configured differently from one workflow to another workflow and then I may need to add the name of the workflow before the name of the transition ?

John Funk · Answer

Hi Ribas,

What are you actually trying to do? There is no reason why you need more than one Open status. If want to use a status other than open, then create a new status, but don't call it some form of Open.