Limiting options in create screen based upon previous input

Question

Hi all,

We're working on a particularly tricky piece of automation to create subtasks and were hoping for some input.

Question: is it possible to limit the options available on a create screen (in a multi select custom field) based upon the input in a previous field on the same create screen?

For example:

Custom field 1 (single select) contains:

Project 1

Project 2

Project 3

etc

Custom field 2 (multi select) contains:

Area 1

Area 2

Area 3

etc

We'd like to be able to limit the options available in Custom Field 2 based upon what the user selected in Custom Field 1 on the create screen.  ie. if they select Project 1, only allow them to pick from Area 2 or 3, etc.

Thanks in advance for any input.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hey, @Dan Foster

My mistake: I missed the multiple-selection for the second field!

A cascade field does not support this and "hacking" it seems a bad approach (i.e., adding all possible combinations as the child value: area1, area1-area2, area1-area-3, ...)

You may want to check the Atlassian Marketplace for more options of custom field types for this scenario: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=custom+fields&product=jira&hosting=cloud

Dan Foster_xqq79j · Answer

@Bill Sheboy after looking into this field this unfortunately won't work for us, as each level can only have a single selection.  We require a single selection at the top (project) level, and multiple selections at the bottom (area) level

Dan Foster_xqq79j · Answer

@Bill Sheboy you may have just made my day.  I spend all day in Jira but sometimes the answer is right under your nose.  I'll do some testing but at first glance this looks like it may be what we're looking for, thank you