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Example: Transition only a sub-task among several ones

Could you please advise how I can transit only first sub-task on parent issue transition.


It will require JIRA Workflow Toolbox 2.1.28 or higher. It can be done using 3 post-functions:

Copy a parsed text to a field post-function to write the name of a transition into virtual field "Ephemeral string 1" virtual field. In this example I use transition "Start Progress":



Copy a parsed text to a field post-function to write the issue key of first sub-task order by a certain field into virtual field "Ephemeral string 2". In this example I order sub-tasks by creation date-time in ascending order:


Text to be parsed is: toString(first(sort(subtasks(), {00009}, ASC)))


Note that:

  • {00009} is code for numeric value of field "Date and time of creation"
  • We are using advanced parsing mode


Update issue fields post-function for copying the name of the transition in "Ephemeral field 1" into virtual field "Execute transition" of issue whose key is in "Ephemeral field 2":


Text to be parsed is: issuekey in ("%{00062}")


Note that:

  • %{00062} is field code for "Ephemeral string 2"


Once transition is configured, it will look like this:



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Update issue fields



Copy parsed text to a field

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