Regular Expression Precondition
- IT Ops Notifications
- Deborah Scott
This is the JSU for Jira Cloud documentation. If you are using JSU on Jira Server or Data Center, see our Server/Data Center documentation.
Description
The Regular Expression precondition compares the value of a text, number, or URL field against a regular expression. Use it to verify that the content matches a specified format.
Configuration
You must select the field to be checked and enter the regular expression. For example:
[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{4}Â allows numbers such as: 1245-7783
[0-9]+ EUR$Â allows price tags such as: 34 EUR
[a-z]*Â allows an empty string, or any lower case word such as: yellow
Option [A,B]Â allows a selection of options: Option A, Option B or both.
Detailed documentation on regular expressions can be found in Oracle's documentation for a technical documentation, or at regular-expressions.info for a more straightforward description. Another good resource for developing and testing regular expressions is freeformatter.com.
Example
A workflow is configured so that the 'Create' transition has the 'Regular Expression Check Precondition'. If the summary contains the phrase "Onboarding" or "onboarding", a sub-task will be created for the creation of the user account in the company's systems.