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Required field validator on subtasks when transitioning

James Valles_ow9mel

Hi there,

When transitioning a sub-task, which has required fields, from "draft" to "submit", validation of required fields does not work on pages other the "edit" screen.

It only works when I click on "edit" and hit "create." Then, I will get a list of required fields that need to be entered to continue.

How can extend this type of validation beyond the "edit" screen, so that when I transition a subtask, by hitting "submit" on the view screen, it checks to make sure all required custom fields are filled?

I am using JIRA v7.4.0 server. I've tried adding a workflow validator to check that a specific field has been set. Problem with that, we have several subtasks. And, the validator checks the specified field even though the selected subtask doesn't include that field.

Thank you very much for your time.

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Alexey Matveev

I guess you marked a field required in the project field configuration scheme. This setup is valid only for the create and edit screens. If you want to make fields required on a transition you should use an add-on. Kindly read the following KB

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-make-jira-applications-fields-required-in-a-workflow-transition-691011903.html

James Valles_ow9mel

Thank you very much for your quick response. I appreciate it.

Only thing is -- if I add a field to validate, but the field is not in the subtask, then it would be asking me to validate a required field that doesn't exist in a specific sub-task. We are using many subtasks.

I guess the question here is - how can I check each subtask individually that all of its required fields have been filled out?

We have multiple subtasks assigned to one parent issue. And I want to transition each subtask individually and check that all of the subtask's required fields have been set.

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The 'Fields Required' validator checks whether values for specified fields are set for a given transition. If the validation fails, the transition will not be completed.

Since version 1.4.10, Σ Time Spent may be used to validate that work has already been logged once, before the current transition or within itself. And a new option has been added, to be able to ignore the context check on fields made by the plugin.

Alexey Matveev

If you set a field required in the field configuration scheme then Jira will require the field even if it is not on the screen. You can have different field configuration schemes for each issue type. You can make a different field configuration scheme for subtasks and did not set the field as required there. In this case the field will be required for Tasks but it will not be required for sub tasks.

James Valles_ow9mel

I have set the subtasks in their own field configurations and have marked some of the fields required fields. Not sure if this is what you mean?