Can not set validator to a transition anymore. Is JIRA removes functionality with new updates??

[Ira Semenova]

I need to set default assignee to some status/transition. I did this before and it worked well

I've used the following instructions in the Atlassian Documentation.

After step 2 - nothing works:
- There is no such thing as workflow designer (no button 'Design')

- No mouse pointer or anything similar in the "edit workflow' page

- I can not find anything related to  'validators' in Jira Administration search bar.

Could you please help me to find a way to set new validator in the updated design?

And dear Atlassian, would be nice if you update the documentation :(

[Alexey Matveev]

@Ira Semenova

Kindly have a look at this documentation:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver072/working-with-workflows-828787890.html

Also you need to be a Jira admin to manage workflows.

[Marcos Sanchez]

Hi Ira,

To add a Validator in a workflow, you have to go to Administration -> Issues -> Workflows and click on "Edit" for the workflow that you want. 

Then, you have to go to the "Text" view and select the transition that you need to edit:

And go into "Validators" tab and you will see an "Add Validator" button.

Anyway, to do what you want to do, I think that you could better use a Post Function.

To do this, do the same process that you would do to add a Validator but instead of "Validators" tab, go to "Post Functions" Tab.

This will let you to set action that will be executed once the transition is done.

When you click on "Add Post Function" you will see some options:

For that you want you have a few options:

• Assign to Current User assigns the issue to the one who transitioned the issue.
• Assign to Reporter assigns the issu to the user who reported (created) the issue.
• Update Issue Field lets you to set the "Assignee" field to the one who you want to.

Hope it helps!

Regards,

Marcos

[Tushar]

Hi,

Which version of Jira you are using ?

[Ira Semenova]

How to check the version?

[Alexey Matveev]

If you are on server, then you can see your version of Jira in the footer of your Jira instance:

If you are on Cloud, there are no versions. If you are on Cloud, then your Jira URL must have .atlassian.net prefix