Linked Status Validator

JSU for Jira Server/Data Center

This is the documentation for JSU for Jira Server/Data Center. If you are using JSU on Jira Cloud, see our JSU Cloud documentation.

Description

The ‘Linked Status’ validator checks that linked issues have a particular status. This check will not pass, if not all linked issues (of a certain link type), have a particular status.

For example in the Testing and Fixing Bugs use case, the tester can’t set a test to 'Ok' as long as there are still open bugs for it.

Configuration

Do not use this check in a transition that will be triggered by a Linked Transition. The check would still get the old status of the issue initiating the Linked Transition.

The ‘Linked Status’ validator can’t be used in the ‘Create’ transition. This is mainly due to technical reasons where the ‘issue linking' is not established and the validator can’t find the linked issues to validate it.

Optional error message

You can define a custom error message for JSU validators to provide a clear explanation of the situation to your users. If you leave this field empty, a default error message from Jira will be displayed on validation errors. This might be a bit too technical, making it difficult for your users to understand or resolve the error.

Example

Bug BF-25 has not been fixed; it is still in IN PROGRESS. When the user tries to select 'Ok' on the corresponding test, they receive the following message:

We allow the user to ignore all open bugs by selecting the Ignore open bugs checkbox.