Create an validator or condition to force all Epic child issues before closing it

[Tiago Pereira]

I would like to create an validator or condition to force all the child issues (in this case Task) associated w/ the Epic parent ticket, before closing this one, is this possible?

I am able to use the rule of linked issues condition for subtasks but not child issue.

Note is for Jira-Cloud

[David Fischer · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tiago Pereira 

You can use the Linked Issues Status Condition for that, have you tried?

[Tiago Pereira]

Hello @David Fischer indeed the Linked issue status condition works for the Epic subtasks, but the the rule doesn't seem to apply to the child issues, in this case Task.

Please check the photos for better understanding

[David Fischer]

Under Issue Link Type, you need to pick "is Epic of".

[Tiago Pereira]

Hello @David Fischer it works, but I have to 2 different conditions to cover both subtasks & child issues:

- Child issues use Epic of

- Subtasks issues use is parent of

I guess because both have different relationships right?

[David Fischer]

Correct. Unfortunately, Jira Expressions, which is the underlying technology that is used to build custom Conditions in third-party apps such as JMWE, doesn't currently support Jira Cloud's new unified issue hierarchy. It still separates the parent/subtasks relationship from the Epic/Story relationship.

For your use case, you'll need to use two conditions, one for each link type.

[Tiago Pereira]

Thanks a lot for the support

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Tiago,

You will need an add-on such as JMWE or ScriptRunner to be able to do that. 

[Tiago Pereira]

I have that available, could you please support?

[John Funk]

Which on are you using? I have limited experience with code like that for JWME, and none with ScriptRunner. 

[Tiago Pereira]

I have both options available

[John Funk]

@David Fischer 

[Maciej Dudziak _Forgappify_]

Hi @Tiago Pereira 

It is now possible to test against all direct children of the issue - regular & subtasks in one condition/validator. For this particular case we developed Linked Issues Validator, which is part of the Workflow Building Blocks for Jira free app.

Here’s an example of how it looks:

I hope it will help.

Cheers