Get Transition
Description
This plugin gets a list of the transitions possible for a provided issue (issue key) in an on premise or on-cloud version of JIRA instance.
Configurations
| No. | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step Name | Name of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow. |
| Connection | ||
| 1 | Base URL | For on-premise JIRA instance specify IP/Fully Qualified Domain Name/Hostname:Port of the JIRA Server (e.g. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:Port). Port can be optional as per network configuration. In case of Cloud instance specify the JIRA instance URL (e.g. https://xxxx.atlassian.net/). |
| 2 | Username | A username with appropriate permissions to authenticate to JIRA instance and get Transitions. This field is mandatory. |
| Password | ||
| 3 | Password/API Key | Password can be entered as Text (for static value or environment variable). This field is mandatory. Provide an API Key in case of on cloud instance. Note: Following is the link to find the steps to generate token for on-cloud JIRA instance: https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/api-tokens-938839638.html |
| 4 | Test Connection | Verifies whether the connection is established or not. Note: For the purpose of verification fields coming from previous steps are not allowed since field values can only be accessed when workflow is in running state. Static values and environment variables are allowed. |
| Input Fields | ||
| 1 | Issue Key | Specify 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. |
| 2 | Button: Get | Click the Get button to retrieve the available issue keys as per the access permission of Username provided in Connection. |
| Output Fields | ||
| 1 | Transition Name | Output field to hold the Transition Name as a result of the step execution. |
| 2 | Transition ID | Output 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. |