Issue Field - Group

Owned by Krzysztof Bogdan (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Apr 03, 2024 by Tomasz Dzięcioł
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Issue field groups can be either a standard field or a custom field. If it's a custom field, you can use a group or multi-group select field.

Issue field has to be accessible on create screen

Additionally, you can use the “Issue field - Group” option to create a step for user/s mentioned inside the description of an issue. This option is available as “Description”. Read more here.

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Action types

One or more members of the selected Jira group can vote to approve or reject. When the step is activated, all group members will receive a notification with a 'call for action'. Upon page view, the user will encounter accept and reject buttons. The decision cannot be altered; it can only be undone by removing the ongoing approval path and initiating a new one. Only a user with appropriate permission can start the approval process.

Notification action

All group members will receive updates on the current progress. They may be interested in being informed about the progress or results but are not involved in decision-making. Possible use cases:

  1. Used at the beginning of the approval process to notify team members about the new project proposal.

  2. Used as the last step in the approval process to notify the Jira administrators about needed changes in the Jira structure.

Resolve user/users on

Two options allow you to reveal the group:

  • Approval start

  • Step start

If the “approval start” option is selected, the group will be revealed as soon as the approval starts (if the group is missing from the issue field, this step will be skipped or the definition will not be created).

The step start option, however, will only reveal the group once the path has reached the step.

Once group or groups are determined this step behaves the same as Group Step.

Exclude creator

As the creator of the definition, you can exclude yourself from the approvers, this way other members of the team will have to participate for the path to complete.

Skip the group from the approval path if it doesn't contain any users

When checked the group will be skipped from the approval path without displaying the message about an empty group.

Issue watchers notification

This functionality empowers to manage the update notifications for approval paths sent to issue watchers. It provides the ability to prevent the reception of unnecessary notifications.

Create step condition

This feature allows the inclusion of a specific step in the approval process if it aligns with a condition defined in a Jira expression. Once selected, the step will only be added to the approval workflow solely when the condition is fulfilled. Should the condition not be met or encounter an error, the step will not be part of the approval process. Find more regarding conditions in our documentation.