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A workflow post-function that increases the value of a selected numerical field by one.To add the 'Increase value of field' post-function to a transition : 

  1. Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to add the post-function on.

  2. In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.

  3. Click on Post Functions in the properties panel.

  4. Click on Add post function.

  5. Select Increase value of field from the list of post-functions.

  6. Click on Add to add the post-function on the transition.

  7. Select the field from the Field drop-down.

  8. Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.

  9. After adding, move the post-function to the appropriate position according to Placing post-functions in a transition document.

See here for a use case for this post-function

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition on an issue, the add-on increments the selected field value by one. This is applicable to numerical fields only.

Send notifications

Jira sends notifications for the increment in the selected field value on the current issue. You can control the default value of the "Send notifications" option in the Configuration page under JMWE administration. Click here for more information.

Conditional execution

To execute this post-function based on the result of a Nunjucks template see Conditional execution.

Delayed execution

Post functions are provided with an option to delay execution for a set number of seconds using the Delayed execution option (Figure 1, right). To delay execution, select the number of seconds to wait until the post-function is run; any value between 1 second (the default) up to a maximum of 20 seconds can be selected.

Workflows that depend on post functions being executed in a specific order can fail due to the asynchronous nature of Connect post-functions in Jira Cloud. One workaround is to delay the execution of a post-function, thereby creating a more predictable execution order. For example, on the approval of a Story you want to create sub-tasks and immediately transition them; in this case, you will have to delay the execution of the Transition Linked Issues post-function, so that the sub-tasks are created before they are transitioned. See the sample use case, below.

Where possible, it is recommended to use the Sequence of post-functions post-function or Shared action post-function to execute a series of post-functions in a specific sequence instead of applying a delay.

Sample use cases for Delayed execution

(lightbulb) On the creation of a Bug, assign it to a member of the QA team and then add the Assignee to the Watchers.

 Steps
  • Create a QA project role, with the testers as its members.

  • Add the Assign to role member post-function to the transition Create of the Bug workflow.

  • Select QA as the project role to look for.

  • Add the Copy value from field to field post-function to the Create transition of the Bug workflow.

  • Select Assignee as the From field.

  • Select Watchers as the To field.

  • Select the Delayed execution option and select 5 sec from the Delay drop-down.

(lightbulb) On the approval of a Story, create subtasks for Development and QA, and transition them to In Progress status.

 Steps
  • Add the Create issue post-function to the Approve transition of the Story workflow.

  • Select Same as current issue from the Project field.

  • Select Subtask from the Issue type field.

  • Select Current issue from the Parent issue field.

  • Repeat the above steps for the Development subtask.

  • Add the Transition linked issues post-function to the Approve transition of the Story workflow.

  • Select Issue Link Type as is Parent of.

  • Select the Delayed execution option and select 10 sec from the Delay drop-down.

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Use case

A typical use case of this workflow is to increment a number field by one during a transition. Consider a use case where you want to track the number of times a bug fix was rejected by the QA team. To configure this:

  1. Create a Rejection counter numerical custom field.

  2. Add the Increase value of field post-function to the Reject transition of the Bug workflow.

  3. Select the Rejection counter field.

See here for more use cases.

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