Display Message to User

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, a message is displayed to the user triggering the transaction as a “flag” in the top right corner of the issue view page. The displayed message (see Example message, pictured below) can be customized, including the message type (icon), the message header and body, and action links.

To add 'Display Message to User' post function to a transition: 

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

2. In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.

3. Click Post Functions in the properties panel.

4. Click Add post function.

5. Select Display Message to User from the list of post function.

6. Click Add to navigate to the Display Message to User post-function screen where you can add configuration details. See below for more information.

7. Click on Add to add the post function to the transition.

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Example message

Options

The two primary options are the message title and the message body. You can set these as static strings or you can use Nunjucks to insert issue or user data into either value; see Using Nunjucks Templates for more information on creating dynamic values.

• Message title - Enter the message title (the bold text at the very top of the message flag).

• Message body - Enter the message text (the text just below the message title).

Advanced options

Expand this section to see advanced configurations including which user will run the post function, conditional execution, and delayed execution.

Message type

You can set the message type, which control the visual appearance of the flag including its icon.

• Message type - Select the type of message.

• Automatically close message - Automatically close the message without user interaction.

Action link

You can add an action link to the message which, when clicked, can navigate to another issue or to a selected URL.

• Add action link - Add an action link at the bottom of the message flag.

  • Action title - Input the title of the action link that will be displayed at the bottom of the message.

  • Action type - Select the type of action to be performed.

    • Navigate to URL - Input a text that represents a valid URL or a Nunjucks template that returns a valid URL. For example: 

      https://www.appfire.com

    • Navigate to another issue: Input a valid issue key or a Nunjucks template that returns an issue key. For example:

      TEST-1
      {{ issue.fields.parent.key }}

Conditional execution

Delayed execution