Two parallel subflows in a workflow

[lucullus@applikon-biotechnology.com]

See the included image (scroll to see all of it). Subflow 2 can take some time, which is why subflow 1 exists to allow some other work to get done. When both subflows are completed, the workflow can proceed from status A onwards.

Hence the question: can this be done in JIRA CORE with native tooling (add-ons)? If not, what external tooling would be needed?

[Nic Brough [Adaptavist]]

Yes.  Just drop the idea of "sub flows" as it's irrelevant.  Whatever your processes are, just put them into a single workflow that takes two separate routes until joining up on status A.

[Thomas Schlegel]

But I think, she / he wants to make something like a wait state in Status A that can only be reached when "Subflow 1" and "Subflow 2" are both transitioned.

That's not possible without any other apps, as far as I know. To be honest, I don't know any other app that will do that.

I would create two subtasks for the subflows and wait in status a until the subtasks are finished.

[lucullus@applikon-biotechnology.com]

Correct, I expect to be able to proceed to A only after both "subflows" had been completed.

My understanding from what Nic was saying was that this would be the "default" JIRA behavior when faced with two routes.

Thanks,   Rick

[Thomas Schlegel]

No, Jira does not know parallel workflow parts. You can do something similar with subtasks. E.g. create two subtask at the start of the workflow and make a transition from "Start" to "Status A" that can only be fired when all subtask are closed.

[lucullus@applikon-biotechnology.com]

So subtasks it is. With this information I can implement the desired functionality.

Thanks to all,

Rick

[Nic Brough [Adaptavist]]

If the requirement is to make something go through both "sub flows" before moving on, then yes, absolutely use sub-tasks (and a condition on the main issue saying "can't move until sub-tasks are done).  It's one of the things they are for!

[lucullus@applikon-biotechnology.com]

Thanks Nic, that's the answer. I have made it work using subtasks .