How do I create an automated rule with OR conditions?

Question

I currently have an automated rule set up as follows, using the Archive inactive pages when scheduled (recurring) template as a base:

- Scheduled: daily run

- branch: For each inactive page

- Condition: If {{page.parent.title}} does not equal {{value1}}

- Condition: And {{page.parent.title}} does not equal {{value2}}

- Then: Archive page

The goal result is to archive all inactive pages except for those that have certain parent pages.

How do I set it up so that 2nd condition is an OR, not an AND? There doesn't seem to be any configuration item to change that.

Or is it a moot point in this case?

Thiago P _Atlassian Support_ · Answer

Hi @erica_bogosian ,

Currently there is no way to chain multiple Conditions using OR instead of AND.

You can use a single CQL Condition to exclude a list of pages by title:

title not in ("value 1", "value 2")

As an alternative, you can use a simple Page Condition and exclude pages with a specific label (such as 'do-not-archive') and the rule will skip all pages with that label.

Hope this helps!  =]

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @erica_bogosian

I believe there are several ways to do this using a single Smart Values Condition...such as:

* a conditional expression that contains both cases, combined with the OR() function, or
* a single match() function testing both cases with a regular expression

Here are some references for those functions:

* https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-automation-conditions/#--smart-values---condition
* https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-conditional-logic/
* https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-conditional-logic/#or
* https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-text-fields/#match--

Kind regards,
Bill