JIRA Workflow Tutorial #3 - JIRA Workflow Triggers
📚 Main topics
- What workflow triggers doJira workflow triggers automatically transition an issue when a related development event occurs, such as creating a branch or merging a pull request. 2:43
- Adding a triggerSelect a workflow transition, choose Add trigger, pick an event such as Branch created, and connect it to the relevant development tool integration. 3:13
- Examples of trigger useA branch creation can move an issue from Open to In Development, while a pull request being created or merged can move it into review or to Done. 4:17
✨ Key takeaways
- Development tool integration is requiredThe Add trigger option is available when tools such as Bitbucket or GitHub are integrated with the Jira instance. 1:05
- Triggers automate issue transitionsA trigger links a development event to a particular workflow transition, reducing the need for developers to update issues manually. 3:44
🧠 Lessons learned
- Choose triggers to match the workflowDifferent events, including branch creation, commit creation, and pull request events, can be used to automate transitions between appropriate statuses. 4:17
🏁 Conclusion/next steps
- Configure and test relevant triggersSet up the required development tool integration, then add triggers to workflow transitions where automatic updates will help. 1:37
Transcript excerpt
0:00 hello and welcome to the workflow tutorial in this tutorial we'll see about the JIRA workflow triggers so I am into the sample workflow that we created and which is in the inactive state at the moment so let's see some of the transitions here so if we click on any of the transition in the workflow you will see all the options that are available for that particular transition
0:31 and then you can edit or delete transition from here then you have certain options here like properties triggers conditions validators both functions and then you have link to go to the doc started lashing right so now let's see what exactly our triggers in the workflow now if you click on this link triggers it will redirect you to the triggers section of this workflow or you can simply go to the text mode of
1:05 the workflow and then select any of the sort of transition and it will directly take you to the same page alright so at the moment I am in the transition in development from open to in development and for which I can set up the trigger right now this add trigger button will be available only if you have integrated your development tools like like bitbucket github etc to your JIRA
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