JQL Precondition

Description

The ‘JQL' condition compares the number of issues returned from the JQL query against predefined conditions such as:

• Must find at least one issue

• Must not find any issue

• Compare with a particular number 

Configuration

Write your required JQL expression and choose one option for the number of issues found. For example, Number of issues must > 2.

For more information on how conditions work in Jira, see Atlassian’s Advanced Workflow Configuration documentation.

Examples

Is the Issue in the current sprint?

Sprint in openSprints() AND key = {issue.key}

In the IT department only the approver can perform the transition

approver = currentUser() OR component != "IT department"

Or in other words: The condition is valid if the current user is the user in the Approver field OR anything not belonging to the IT department. 

All other siblings must have status

parent = {issue.parent} AND key != {issue.key} AND status in (Resolved, Closed)

With parent = {issue.parent} we find all siblings of the current subtask. However, we want to exclude the current subtasks, so we add key != {issue.key}.

See also

• JQL Reference

• Supported Field Types
  

You can configure JSU’s preconditions in the following ways:

• Negate the precondition result

• Combine the result with the result of previous preconditions using the following options:

  • Discard the result of the previous precondition: Results of the previous preconditions are not taken into account

  • AND: All of the preconditions have to be true to execute the post function

  • OR: Only one of the preconditions has to be true to execute the post function

Learn more in Workflow preconditions.