How to enforce transition rule for story points to be greater than 0, subtask not have SP field

[Nick van der Net]

Hi Guys, I'm running next gen and setting up my workflow.

I'm aware all workflow applies to all issue types.

I want to enforce a transition between To-Do to In-Progress to enforce the Story-Point field great than zero - to ensure all stories are estimated.

However, we also use subtasks, and I don't want to add the story point field to them, so this seems to be preventing subtasks from being able to be put into In-Progress - even when they don't have the field.

Please help.

[Robert Leitch [ALM Works] · Accepted solution]

Hi Martim,

1. Could you clarify which JIRA boards you are experiencing this problem with?

2. Sub-tasks in JIRA are different from ordinary issues; it's more than just an issue type that separates them. Structure works with issues proper and as such isn't geared towards creating sub-tasks inline. That's not to say it can't be done, of course :)

You can create a sub-task in Structure using the 'Create Sub-Task' command in the JIRA actions menu. It can be accessed either in the gearwheel menu of the issue that is to be the parent, or by highlighting the issue (so it has the pale blue background) then using the '.' JIRA operations dialog shortcut and starting to type 'Create Sub-Task'.

This will open JIRA's native sub-task dialog in which you can create the sub-task in JIRA. Here you will be able to select from the available issue types configured for sub-tasks).

Note that the newly-created sub-task isn't added directly to Structure; this procedure is very not the same as adding an issue inline using the Structure editor! If you want the sub-task to be added automatically to the structure (and you do) you need to have a synchronizer running on that Structure that will pull in sub-tasks.

If everything is working right, the sub-task will appear in the structure within a few seconds of creation. Should you have any difficulties you can try it out in this demo structure. Let me know how you get on.

Best,

Robert