Jira 8 Administration Cookbook - Third Edition

How it works...

In its most basic form, an automation rule consists of two components: the trigger and the action. The trigger will determine when the automation task will run. There are three built-in trigger types:

• Issue triggers: These triggers run when the corresponding issue fires an event, usually when issues are updated in some way, such as during issue updates and workflow transitions.
• Scheduled: This trigger type will automatically run on a predetermined time frame. You can use the simple form, as we have in this recipe, to specify the frequency, or you can use a cron expression to specify the exact hour, minute, and second.
• Integrations: This trigger type creates a webhook URL. When an external system makes an HTTP POST request ...