how do I assign a group or Project role to ONLY be able to close a project

Question

I have read and read and re-read multiple websites and JIRA administration on how to add a group to a transition, but it seems to have steps missing, or I am not reading it correctly.  I would love a walk through (NOT JUST MULTIPLE links) as I have tried it multiple different ways to not allow an issue to close without it going to the QA group/project role.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Theresa Johnson · Answer

I figured it out with a google search and on one of the answers there was a comment/answer to add an individual to post-function with the 'Update Issue field' with the assignee being my QA person.  Yes instead of a group.

I tried to reply to this thread yesterday but couldn't because I don't have enough points and had already posted 3 times in 24 hours. sigh.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Ah, hang on, there's an assumption there, and it's not right.  You can NOT assign issues to a role (or a group).  Only a user.  It's trying to assign the issue to the current user.  There are functions in a couple of plgins that allow you to assign to the last user who touched the issue from a particular role, but it's still a single user.

For the transitions, it just sounds like you've got it the wrong way around - the condition is a "must", so if your condition says "Role of QA", the user must be in that role to use it.  Check that you really do have the developer NOT in the role of QA, and that your QA person IS in it too.

Theresa Johnson · Answer

Hi Nic,

I'm glad you brought up Post Functions as I thought that might be the case, BUT (again, it may be user issue with still learning) I can't seem to actually say I want a particular project role - or at least not where I'm currently looking.

Here are the Post Functions for my 'start review' transition, with the condition to only allow project role of Quality Assurance:

The following will be processed after the transition occurs

* Set issue status to the linked status of the destination workflow step.
**Assign the issue to the current user. Please note that the issue will only be assigned to the current user if the current user has the 'Assignable User' permission.***
Add a comment to an issue if one is entered during a transition.
Update change history for an issue and store the issue in the database.
Re-index an issue to keep indexes in sync with the database.
Fire a Generic Event event that can be processed by the listeners.

So how do I get it to change from current user to 'project role' if I don't have that as an option in my Add Post Functions.  and just an fyi (again maybe be my craziness) when I log in as my developer I can see 'In Review' and I don't have anything when I log in as my qa person. Do I have my condition set on the wrong transition? Do I need to change something with my project roles?  Have I completely messed up my workflow? sigh Is it better to just inactivate this project (thankfully a test project) and start from a blank test new project?