Jira Expression Validator - Time Spent

[Jannis]

Hi everyone,

I am currently having issues when trying to create an "either, or" validator within a Jira workflow.

The setting is as follows: When working on a task, users can report their time spent on sub tasks, which will then be added up within the parent task. This is not a must, as sub-tasks are optional. When doing the final transition, I would like to ensure that times have been reported. Due to the nature of things this can either have happend via the accumulated sub-task times or via a time spent log during the transition itself.

We have tried solving this by using Jira Expression Validators, enabled through the app "Workflow Building Blocks for Jira" (https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1233642?tab=overview&hosting=cloud). The expression we have tried is:

(issue.worklogs != null ) || (issue.timeSpent != null)

Using the normal field value validator is also not working, as checking for both "Time spent" and "∑ Time spent" creates an AND condition.

Maybe someone encountered this issue before and knows a workaround or fix for my Jira expression.

[Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jannis Ruef

Thank you for your interest in the app and your question. Please correct me if I’ve understood your requirement correctly: if you want to simply ensure that time is logged either on the issue itself or on any of its subtasks, the following might suffice for you:

issue.timeSpent != null || issue.subtasks.some(subtask => subtask.timeSpent != null)

[Jannis]

@Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_  Thanks for the support!

The suggestion seems to be working as hoped. 

[Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_]

That’s great! I’m happy to help. :)