How to transition linked issues in JIRA ?

[Darapu Rajesh Babu]

There is a project A and project B. When I create a issue of B then simultaneously issue of A is created and getting cloned to B's issue.

My requirement is like when I transition the issue of A then automatically the corresponding B's issue should also transition. How to achieve this functionality ?

Please help me on this.

Thanks,

Rajesh

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

You'll need some code to do that.  A post-function on the transitions in A's workflow will need to scan the links to find the link to B and tell it to transition (including working out which transition to use, depending on its position in its own workflow and where you want it to go to)

There's a function for it in the JIRA Miscellaneous Workflow Extensions add-on, or you could do it with Script Runner, or your own code.

[Darapu Rajesh Babu]

Hi Nic,

Thanks for your quick response.

Can JIRA Miscellaneous Workflow Extensions add-on solve my problem ?

If it can solve then does it support nfeed type custom fields ?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I don't know. 

It can "transition linked issues", quite flexibly, so in a broad sense it probably can solve your problem.  But all I know about your problem is that you want to transition a linked issue when an issue is transitioned.  So, if there are other complexities I don't know about, I don't know if it can deal with all of them.

I don't understand what nfeed fields have to do with transitioning issues.  They're not related.

[Darapu Rajesh Babu]

Ok. Thank you so much Nic.

By the way can you tell me in detail how JIRA Miscellaneous Workflow Extensions add-on can be used. I mean what post-functions/ Conditions/ Validators should be used in the workflow to transition linked issues.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I'd use the "transition linked issues" post-function.

[Darapu Rajesh Babu]

Ok. So by using this post function I can transition linked issues. Let me try and reach out to you if I face any further issues.

[Darapu Rajesh Babu]

Hi Nic,

I am facing some issue in transitioning linked issue by using the JIRA Miscellaneous Workflow Extensions plugin. I have added the post-function transition linked issues in Opened --> Moved to Triaged state. But its not working.

Can you please help me to solve this.