Can I completely remove Epic Link field (including validation error) from a screen using behaviours?

[Guy Incognito]

Hi all,

I have a project where I use the same screen for stories and epics.

I wrote a Scriptrunner behaviour to hide the "Epic Link" custom field from the screen, when the current issue is an Epic.

The field is now hidden, but the validation error "An epic cannot have another epic linked to it." is still visible, together with the helper text "Choose an epic to assign this issue to.", and the field name "Epic Link"

Is there a way to remove these texts from the screen?

Thanks in advance

[Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Guy Incognito

I have run a basic Server-Side Behaviour test for the Epic Link in my environment, and I can hide the Epic Link field for all issue types except for the Epic issue type.

Below is the sample code that I have tested with:-

def epicLink = getFieldById(fieldChanged)

if (issueContext.issueType.name in ['Story', 'Task', 'Bug', 'Epic'] ) {
    epicLink.hidden = true
}

Below is a screenshot of my Behaviour configuration:-

This may be a Bug. I suggest creating a ticket on the Adaptavist Support Channel for further investigation.

Thank you and Kind regards,

Ram

[Guy Incognito]

@Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_, I did as you suggested  and the answer was "It's not possible to hide those errors", probably they're hard-coded in the core of Jira.

Never mind, I'll explain this to the users.

Hopefully the new way of setting parent relationship developed by Atlassian, is going to solve this problem.

I'll accept your answer, as I learnt by it that I can actually raise a bug request at Adaptavist. Thanks :)

[Guy Incognito]

I slightly changed the title of this ticket in the hope that other users locate it when facing the same issue