Field has single value Validator
- Daniel Barrow
Analytics
A workflow validator which ensures that a multi-valued field does not contain more than one value during a transition. This validator can be customized such that field value(s) copied from the issue's sub-tasks can be excluded.
To add 'Field has single value Validator' to a transition:
- Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to configure the validator on.
- In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.
- Click on
Validatorsin the properties panel. - Click on
Addvalidator. - Select
Field has single value Validatorfrom the list of validators. - Click on
Addto add the validator on the transition..png?version=1&modificationDate=1692912219535&cacheVersion=1&api=v2&width=500&height=253)
- Select the multi-value field name from the
Fielddrop-down. - Click on
Addto add the validator to the transition.
Related links :
Refer to the Use cases for validators page for use cases for this validator.
When you add this validator to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on checks the number of values in the selected field. If there is more than one value, then a validation failure message is displayed. Customize this condition using the additional option provided as a part of the condition. The option is
Options
- Excluding values copied from sub-tasks
Excludes the common values in parent and sub-task, while checking for the values in the selected field.
For example: When the parent has Affects Version/s: V1 and V2, its child has Affects Version/s V1. The validator considers the Affects Version/s has a single value, excluding the common value.
Validator Scope
To execute this validator based on the result of a groovy expression see Conditional execution using Groovy expression