Configuring an Approval as Group Picker custom field AND (Groups, Project Roles,Users, Assignee, Reporter,Project Lead)

1

Navigate to the Add-Ons Panel within your JIRA installation and click on Approval Administration to manage Approvals.

Administration → Add-Ons → Herzum Approval → Approval Administration

 

Navigational Item within Add-Ons

2Click on Add New Advanced Approval.

Approvals Configuration screen

3

Follow the step below:

  • select a group picker custom field via the Group Picker Field select list
  • select or check one/more Groups, Project Roles and/or Users, Assignee, Reporter, Project Lead
  • select the operator AND

It's required that at least two choices are made.

It's not allowed to select user picker and group picker custom fields together.

Advanced Approval creation screen

4

Configure the specific workflow transition to be blocked until the Advanced Approval has been validated.

This configuration can be set for an Approval Mapping as for a specific issue via the Define Approvals screen.

Approvals Mapping screen


5

Display the required approvers.

For each Group selected on the Group picker custom field, an approval request is created.

E.g. the Approval (use1,user2, user3) AND (jira-administrators) can be approved by user1,user2 and user3 independently only if the user belong to the jira-administator group.

Issue view screen

Configuring an Approval as Group Picker custom field OR (Groups, Project Roles,Users, Assignee, Reporter,Project Lead)

1

Navigate to the Add-Ons Panel within your JIRA installation and click on Approval Administration to manage Approvals.

Administration → Add-Ons → Herzum Approval → Approval Administration

Navigational Item within Add-Ons

2Click on Add New Advanced Approval.

Approvals Configuration screen

3

Follow the step below:

  • select a group picker custom field via the Group Picker Field select list
  • select or check one/more Groups, Project Roles and/or Users, Assignee, Reporter, Project Lead
  • select the operator OR

It's required that at least two choices are made.



Advanced Approval creation screen

4

Configure the specific workflow transition to be blocked until the Advanced Approval has been validated.

This configuration can be set for an Approval Mapping as for a specific issue via

Approvals Mapping screen

5

Display the required approvers.

For each Group selected on the Group picker custom field, an approval request is created.

E.g. the Approval (use1,user2, user3) OR (jira-administrators) can be approved by user1,user2, user3 and all users belonging to the jira-administator group independently .

Issue view screen