Jira Software Essentials - Second Edition

Adding a condition to transitions

New transitions do not have any conditions by default. This means that anyone who has access to the issue will be able to execute the transition. By adding a condition to a workflow transition, you can control who or when an issue can be transitioned.

Conditions take place before a transition is executed.

Jira allows you to add any number of conditions to the transition:

1. Select the transition you want to add conditions to.
2. Click on the Conditions link.
3. Click on the Add condition link. This will bring you to the Add Condition To transition page, which lists all the available conditions you can add.
4. Select the condition you want to add.
5. Click on the Add button to add the condition.
6. Depending on the condition, ...