Use case
Evaluate a Date Picker field and block the transition if it has not been updated.
This use case is valid for both conditions and validators. The only difference is that you can specify an additional error message when using a validator.
Prerequisites
Set a predefined field value
Add the post function Update fields to the transition of your choice.
Target issue*
Select current issue.
Fields
Field*
Choose a date field, e.g., Date picker, Planned end date, Planned start date, Due date...etc.
In this example, we will consider due date as our date field.
Value*
Select Set field value manually (parser expression) and enter the following expression with the date of your choice respecting this format.
1970-01-01
🛠️ Configuration
JWT expression*
Compare the field code of the custom field with the date introduced previously in the Update fields post function as in the following expression.
%{issue.cf10001} != "1970-01-01" #JWT
Variations
Select list (single choice)
%{issue.cf20002} = "Option 01" #JWT
Select list (multiple choice)
toStringList(%{issue.cf10051}) ~ "Option 01" #JWT
Valid only for one value of the select list.
Number field
{issue.cf30003} != 10 #JWT
Checkbox
toStringList(%{issue.cf40004}) ~ "Option 01" #JWT
Valid only for one value of the checkbox.
Date Time Picker
%{dateTimeToString({issue.cf10049}, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", RUN_AS_LOCAL, RUN_AS_LANG)} = "2022-10-29T15:28:00.000+0200" #JWT
Short text (plain text only)
%{issue.cf10050} = "Short text." #JWT
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