Validating that Issue contains one or more tasks

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This feature is only available for company-managed (classic) projects.

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This feature depends on custom fields, which can be enabled by a Jira admin.

This validator prevents a transition if there are no tasks defined on the Jira issue.

Setup guide

Workflows

Navigate to Project Settings > Workflows.

Edit

Click the pencil icon to edit the workflow.

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Transition

Select Diagram mode and click on the transition where you want to add the validator.

workflow diagram and transition marked in red

Validators

Click on Validators.

workflow Validators is marked in red

Add a validator

Click on Add validator.

workflow add validator button marked in red

Select `Validates that contains one or more tasks in the issue`

Select the Validates that contains one or more tasks in the issue (validator provided by Tick) and click Add. workflow Validates that contains one or more tasks in the issue marked in red

Add

Click Add to confirm creation of the validator.

Publish

Click Publish draft to apply the changes.

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Tesing validator

Test the validator by attempting to transition an issue which does not meet the criteria. The transition will fail.

Validating that all mandatory tasks are finished Optional Tasks