Tool

Get transitions

The Jira Get Transitions tool seamlessly retrieves all possible transitions or specific transition options available to a user for a given Jira issue, based on its current status. It leverages Jira's REST API to provide detailed transition information, facilitating efficient issue workflow management.

Jira

Features

  • Fetches all available transitions for a Jira issue or a specific transition by ID.
  • Filters transitions based on user permissions and issue status.
  • Options to include or exclude transitions hidden by the 'Hide From User Condition'.
  • Capability to sort transitions by operational bar sequence or status categories (To Do, In Progress, Done).
  • Supports expanding transition details to include associated fields for in-depth data retrieval.

Benefits

  • Streamlines workflow automation by programmatically managing issue transitions.
  • Enhances project management with real-time transition data reflective of user permissions.
  • Improves integration capabilities within custom apps or automation scripts through detailed API data.
  • Reduces manual errors by providing precise transition options based on current issue state.
  • Facilitates better decision-making with expanded transition field insights for complex workflows.

Description

Gets either all transitions or a transition that can be performed by the user on an issue, based on the issue's status, See the docs

Parameters

7 parameters

NameTypeDescription
cloudIdrequiredstring

The cloud ID.

issueIdOrKeyrequiredstring

The ID or key of the issue where the attachment will be added to.

transitionIdstring

The ID of the transition.

skipRemoteOnlyConditionboolean

Whether transitions with the condition Hide From User Condition are included in the response.

includeUnavailableTransitionsboolean

Whether details of transitions that fail a condition are included in the response.

sortByOpsBarAndStatusboolean

Whether the transitions are sorted by ops-bar sequence value first then category order (Todo, In Progress, Done) or only by ops-bar sequence value.

expandstring

Use expand to include additional information about transitions in the response. This parameter accepts transitions.fields, which returns information about the fields in the transition screen for each transition. Fields hidden from the screen are not returned. Use this information to populate the fields and update fields in Transition issue.

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