How can I make a field required only on one screen?

Question

Hey folks,

If anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

I have a simple custom field (a radio set) which is "required" when closing an issue.

Any chance I could include it on the "create" screen - but - in that case, making it optional?

Thanks!

Sam Omidi · Answer

Hi there,

You can refer to this page https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-make-jira-applications-fields-required-in-a-workflow-transition-691011903.html to give the workaround or resolution a try.

Thanks,

Tim Cincotta · Answer

Clarissa-

Does the JIRA Suite Utilities solution you have suggested allow for marking the field as required (in Andrew's case) on the 'Close Issue' screen, or does it only validate it when you attempt to actually close the issue?

Tim

Sam Huawey · Answer

Hi, Clarissa,

Is it possible to make a comment and a work log item mandatory? As far as I know, these are not fields, but rather lists that contain many items.

I thought of a custom screen and selecting it for transition, but I could not find any information whether I could use custom screens (the ones created from velocity templates and Java code) in transitions.

Then I thought about two custom fields, one for comment, another for log time. I could populate them on transition screen, require them in custom Validator, copy to comments and work log accordingly in custom post function and clearing them in another post function.

What do you recommend?