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Get Transition

Description

This step retrieves the available transitions for a specific issue in Jira. You provide the issue key, and the step returns the list of transitions the issue can move through based on its current status. Use this step before a Perform Transition step to determine which transitions are available, or to validate workflow rules.

Configurations

No.Field NameDescription
1Step NameName of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.

Connection

For the connection field details, click Connection Fields

Input tab

Field NameDescription
Issue KeySpecify an Issue Key whose transition status is to be retrieved. Clicking the Get button next to it retrieves the available issue keys as described below.
Note: REST API can get maximum of 1000 and 100 issues for on-premise and on-cloud instances respectively. This is an intentional limitation on JIRA applications to avoid performance-related issues such as an OutOfMemoryException.
Button: GetClick the Get button to retrieve the available issue keys as per the access permission of Username provided in Connection.

Input tab

Field NameDescription
Transition NameOutput field to hold the Transition Name as a result of the step execution.
Transition IDOutput field to hold the Transition ID as a result of successful plugin execution. Default field name is “Result”. This field is mandatory.
Note: Errors can be captured in the step error handling (right-click step and select error handling) to make the error message visible on AutomationEdge Requests.