Second cascading field "none", invalidates whole field in transition validator

[Tim Franken]

I have a cascading select field in which a couple of options in the first field have no further options in the second, but a few do. The whole field is marked as required.

There are a couple of options for this field to be filled:

Situation 1: Field 1 = Not filled, Field 2 = Not filled
Situation 2: Field 1 = Filled, Field 2 = No options, so "None"
Situation 3: Field 1 = Filled, Field 2 = Multiple options, one is picked
Situation 4: Field 1 = Filled, Field 2 = Multiple options, but "None" is picked

When adding a validator in the form of "Cascading select field != EMPTY", situations 1 through 3 will be fine. Situation 4 is weird, since that will fail the validator even though Field 1 is filled. So if there are options in the second field, you have to pick one, even though that's not necessary when there are no options in that field.

How can I work around this in the validator?

[jira service]

read this : looks promising

https://bitbucket.org/fcarmario/jira-workflow-toolbox/issues/211/assignee-depending-on-custom-field-value

[Jeff Curry]

None is a place holder for null hence the validation fail.

Add a N/A option for field 2 or similar and you should be able to pass the validation check

[Tim Franken]

Well, I've added an "Other" option, but since that's not chosen by default, it's useless. Each time you have to check if there are options in field 2 and if there are, choose "Other". It would help if you could select a default for field 2 per option in field 1.

[Jeff Curry]

Is it an option to mark the cascading select field as required? The none option is removed if the field is required:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-7687

[Tim Franken]

The field is marked as required. Only in the first field the "None" option is removed. It is present in the second field to support not having a second level for a first level option.

[Jeff Curry]

Drat, looks like a known bug:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-10302