Simplified workflow unavailable when previously in use

Question

Today I went to delete a status from my Kanban board, and I noticed that it now says "Software Simplified Workflow unavailable". However, we've not made any changes that would disable the simplified workflow for this project. Following the docs on simplified workflows, I've validated that:

* The board filter limits to a project (we only have one project anyways)
* There is only one workflow scheme ("Software Simplified Workflow...")
* The existing workflow has at least one outgoing transition for each status (there's only the statuses created through the board itself, so the workflow is just a basic set of statuses)

That leaves "Your workflow only uses post functions, validators, and conditions that are provided by Atlassian – and not any of which provided by add-ons". As far as I can tell, there are only the default settings for these in the workflow. There's nothing from addons, and our team hasn't (intentionally) customized any of these things.

Is there a way I can get the details of exactly why we can't turn the simplified workflow back on?

Andrew Berry · Answer

Of course! Thanks for pointing that out. In our case, we only have one project, so I assumed it didn't apply - but I see it's a query validator, not a results validator.

It'd be a nice UX improvement if these sorts of things could be flagged in the board config.

Thanks!

Petter Gonçalves · Answer

Hello Andrew,

Thank you for confirming it.

Indeed, the query "OR "Epic Link" in linkedIssues(ABC-403) ORDER BY Rank ASC" provides the filter with the possibility to return issues not related to the project board, not allowing you to use the simplified workflow.

Let us know in case you have any other questions.

Andrew Berry · Answer

Actually, looks like I was wrong in my query - it was an OR, not an AND.

project = ABC AND issuetype != Initiative AND "Epic Link" in linkedIssues(ABC-403) ORDER BY Rank ASC

works fine.

project = ABC AND issuetype != Initiative OR "Epic Link" in linkedIssues(ABC-403) ORDER BY Rank ASC

disables the simplified workflow.