Difficulty with Regular Expression Check validator

john.monteith

I'm trying to create a "Regular Expression Check" validator and the field I'm checking is "Safety Impact" and it is a single choice drop-down with 3 choices (Yes, No, TBD). I used the following regex: ^(Yes|No)$ but it does not work. No matter what value is selected Jira will not allow the transition. It is the only validator on the transition.
I even double checked myself with a regex tester. Is there something I'm missing with how Jira handles this. Below is how the validator is listed in Jira:

 

The field Safety Impact content must match against the regular expression ^(Yes | No )$


Here is screenshot of error occurring showing that the value in the Safety Impact field is set to No

Harrison Ponce

Hi @john.monteith ,

I tested this and recreated a custom field single-select drop-down with values: "Yes" "No" "TBD" - Then, I used the following RegEx for the workflow field validator ^(Yes|No)$

This worked for me successfully, as intended.

I noticed your RegEx in bold has spaces between the other RegEx characters. That would surely give an error, if the actual value does not have spaces.

Might that be affecting the outcome here? Also want to confirm that your drop-down values in the custom field don't unintentionally have spaces after them?