How to update custom field values during workflow transition.
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This article includes the usage of third-party plugins that are not supported by Atlassian
By default, updating a custom field during a transition is not possible in JIRA, but there is workaround involving the JIRA Suite Utilities Plugin.
Step 1: install JIRA Suite Utilities Plugin
Please install JIRA Suite Utilities plugin, which is available from this link.
Note: check on JIRA compatible version.
Step 2: update your project's workflow transition
- Navigate to the appropriate workflow
- Create a Draft or Copy of the existing workflow
- Navigate to the appropriate transition's Post Functions tab
- Add Update Issue Custom Field to the post function.
- Specify the custom field and the desired value to be updated.
- For example:
- For example:
Last modified on Mar 13, 2013
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