Date in JSM

[Iryna Dumych]

Hello All, 

can you please advise how to make sure that the start date cannot be before the end date in JSM (see an example below). Maybe it is possible to fix it somehow?

Thank you for the support.

 

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Hi @Iryna Dumych , this is not possible unfortunately. You could use Automation to notify someone like the assignee when the error condition occurs.

[Iryna Dumych]

it is pity, thanks.

[Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_]

Hi @Iryna Dumych 

You can use transition validators. It is not ideal, because users will be prompted only during transition (also possible in issue Create), but it will force them to fix it in order to continue.

Cheers

[Iryna Dumych]

thanks :)

[Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_]

I will add that if you are in a company-managed project, you can use the Date Compare Validator, which is available out-of-the-box in Jira. It will allow you to compare two dates stored in fields.

In case you need more advanced comparison, for example, to ensure that the end date is greater than the start date plus some standard offset, let say 5 days or you would need a custom validation message, we have created Dates Compare Validator, which is a part of the Workflow Building Blocks for Jira app, which was designed for such cases.

I hope it will help.

Cheers

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Hi @Iryna Dumych 

The only way to restrict this is:

• Remove them from the edit screen
• Add them to a transition screen
• Add a validator so that the user can't add an end date to be before the start date. 

[Iryna Dumych]

thanks, we will check it ;)