Sequencing Status of jira workflow

Question

hi, Good day!

Can you please suggest me if i can reorder the sequence of status in the workflow which has "Allow all statuses to transition to this one"

For example: for the below workflow (there are more such status. I have stopped till "In Progress")

Issue in status "New" --> The priority buttons should be "Backlog" and "Selected for Development"
Issue in status "Backlog" --> The priority buttons should be "Selected for Development" and "In Progress"

All other status should be either hidden when in a particular status or should not appear immediately (maybe appear in the workflow dropdown)  ...thank you for the help :-)

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Yes, it will work.

The transitions do not have the same ids (they physically can't they're unique), so I suspect you are looking at something else.

However, to get your exact aim, you are going to have to remove the "all" transitions - they really do mean "from anywhere" and you need more control.

So, what I would do is something like:

* Transition from "New" --> "Backlog" (opsbar sequence 10) 
* Transition from "New -> "Selected for Development" (opsbar set to 20)
* Transition from Backlog --> "Selected for development" (opsbar 30)
* Transition from Backlog --> "in progress" (opsbar 40)

and so-on.  You should consider have a done or end status as well.

Shameem_nrk1wo · Answer

hello @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-, @[deleted], is it still applicable for Global transitions in all the status...i want to apply it to a workflow which has "Allow all statuses to transition to this one" to all the status including the initial status...sorry i am not getting an idea how to implement it for all as the transition ids are the same...can you please give me an example ...thank you!

unknown · Answer

Hi @Shameem,

You can use workflow properties for changing the order of the sequence of transition buttons.

The following article might help you with this :

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver073/advanced-workflow-configuration-861253591.html?_ga=2.201296942.1448254314.1543283694-1516142325.1531468173#Advancedworkflowconfiguration-transitionproperties

Thanks,

Swathi