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Problem

You want If you need to hide specific issue priority types for certain projects when creating or editing new issues, or on project workflow transitions screens.

For example, you want to remove issue priorities `Blocker` and `Trivial` from the list of the available Priority options in the currently configured project.

Solution

By using lfRestrictSelectOptions SIL™ routine we'll easily manage to hide some issue priorities for certain projects. All you have to do is to create the following script and associate it with the main like Blocker and Trivial when working on new issues or modifying existing ones, or during project workflow transitions, here's a solution.

Solution

To achieve this, use the lfRestrictSelectOptions SIL™ routine.

Create the script below and link it with the primary Live Fields configuration on your project , (as described explained here). This way, the ensures that issue priorities will be hidden in create/edit/workflow transitions are hidden on the Create, Edit, and Transition workflows screens.

restrict_priorities.sil
Code Block
string[] forbiddenPriorities = {"Blocker", "Trivial"}; //the array of the priorities to restrict
lfRestrictSelectOptions("priority", forbiddenPriorities);
Note
Pay attention to the parameters passed in lfRestrictSelectOptions routine. You have

When using the lfRestrictSelectOptions routine, make sure to use quotes for the parameters you provide (for example, "priority")

, in order to pass in the actual

. This way, the field label name for the current screen is accurately passed.

Otherwise, SIL™ retrieves the priority from the current issue.

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