Possible to force fill in custom field as required to change a status to "QA review"?

Question

Hi,

Just wondering if there is a way to force a developer to fill in/complete a custom field such as "Fix version" as an requirement before they can change bug status (status transition) to "QA Review"? This status is when the QA would regress the fix for the bug claimed to fixed by the developer.

I looked under Workflows/Transitions > Conditions and post functions and you can't seem to do it this way. Also attempted to set "Fix version" field under custom fields for "Required" and the "Fix version" is required for all screens (even when you create a new issue). So I thought customing within transition level would be easier than custom field level.

Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions how to implement this?

Thanks you for your help and assistance on this matter.

Thanks,

Chris

Kathy Tempesta · Answer

Sorry, I didn't realize that was from an add-on but fortunately, it's a free one. You need to install JIRA Suites. It has a ton of really useful stuff in it, including the Required Field Validator option.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.googlecode.jira-suite-utilities

Once you have it, you will wonder how you ever lived without it (and no, I don't work for the developer 
).

-Kathy

CaptainJonesy · Answer

@Kathy Tempesta - Thanks for your input, I've attempted your suggestion and I have 3 options related to permissions of the user and nothing related to "Field required". Is this correct? Do I need to do something else for this "Field required" option to appear?

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 11.06.52.png

Here below is the previous screen before to you some context for the transition at hand.

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 12.27.13.png

Thanks for all of your help on this matter.

Thanks,

Chris

Screen Shot 2015-10-27 at 12.27.13.png

Jeremy Gaudet · Answer

Good point; my validator was actually comparing fields, I simplified it for this example.  I forgot that the simplified version is built-in.