Workflow Enhancer for Jira Cloud

[Andrew Downs]

Good day,

I would like to find out if there are any plans to support Workflow Enhancer for Jira on Jira Cloud?

[Daniel Eads]

Hi Andrew,

As a disclaimer, only TNG can answer their long-term plans for Workflow Enhancer. What follows is my observation as an Atlassian support engineer.

Here is some information I was able to find:

• TNG's roadmap indicates they are focused on Data Center compatibility for their apps 
• Three years ago (in 2017) TNG indicated they did not plan to make a Cloud version of the app but mentioned their source code was available if someone was interested in writing their own Cloud app

Although there's no direct Cloud version of Workflow Enhancer, there are some possibilities for replacement:

• Many other Marketplace apps provide workflow functions including the regex matching that seems to be the core of Workflow Enhancer's capabilities
• Depending on the type of postfunctions you have set up, you may be able to reproduce the same actions in Jira's Cloud's native Automation engine . The rules can be triggered to run during workflow transitions, similar to how Workflow Enhancer runs as a post-function

I hope that helps - if you have specific items you need re-modeled as Automation rules, I'm happy to answer Automation questions too!

Cheers,
Daniel | Atlassian Support

[Dennis Fischer]

Hi @Andrew Downs

we're currently shipping Data Center compatible versions of our apps, as according to our roadmap. Please watch the page if you're interested in the progress.

Your specifically asking about a Cloud version. As of today we do not have an app available. The answers from 2017 no longer apply. We plan to create Cloud support for some of our apps, but highly depend on Atlassian's progress of releasing Forge which is planned for Q4 2020. I will check if we're ready for a Cloud Roadmap already.

Why are we waiting for Forge? Forge will simplify hosting of Cloud apps. The app runs on infrastructure provided by Atlassian. Apps built with Forge are automatically data resident.

As of today the Atlassian Cloud does not support the same integration possibilities that you can find on Server/Data Center. We could probably have 50% of the app functional, that is, the Universal Validator would work. The Universal Postfunction likely will not as the integration works differently. Keep in mind that this is a guess based on our current experience. Once we get ready to ship a Cloud version things may have changed and more possibilities do exist.

If you highly depend on the app and need it for your migration to Cloud right now: We also offer to create a Cloud version on a time & material basis. You can contact us via atlassian-apps@tngtech.com.

Best,

Dennis | TNG Technology Consulting