Disable status for certain tasks

Question

We have defined multiple Status in our Kanban board: "Not Started", "In Progress", "Not required" "Done".

There are some tasks which should not be allowed to put to the status "Not required", in other words mandatory tasks. Is this possible to implement?

unknown · Answer

Anytime @Patrick Glettig,

Please Accept my answer so that others will be able to find it for future reference.

Have a great day :)

JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_ · Answer

Well, a status on a kanban board can represent different status of an issue (I assume that your definition of "task" is an issue in Jira, correct?) You could define different issue types eg. Task & Mandatory Task. Both issue types are displayed in one kanban board, but the issue types use different workflows: "Task" allows the status "Not required" & has got a transition to it. "Mandatory task" doesn't use the status "Not required" at all & therefore cannot be transitioned into that status on the board.

Best

JP

Patrick Glettig · Answer

Nice this works absolutely smoothly! You do not even see the Status option "Not required" if I set my custom field to "Mandatory" so people do not even have the option to do it. Thanks a lot, also for the quick response.