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This documentation applies to JMWE for Jira Server version 5.0 and above. Documentation for JMWE 4.x can be found here. |
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Introduction
JIRA Jira administrators often need to implement sophisticated workflows that go beyond the built-in capabilities of JIRAJira. The JIRA Jira Misc Workflow Extensions add-on provides extensions that help you to design advanced workflows.
The add-on provides advanced Conditions, Validators and Post-functions to achieve this purpose with no programming skills. You can tailor your JIRA Jira workflows to meet your need needs and reduce the manual user intervention on actionsissues.
For information on the features, see: Workflow Extensions, visit the Getting started page.
Objective and Scope
The objective of this document is to give you a detailed explanation of how to install and use the add-on. After reading this document, you will be able to install the add-on , on your local server, uninstall it (if needed), and customize your JIRA Jira workflows using the features provided in the add-on.
This document is intended for JIRA Jira administrators. It covers the following sections.:
| Section Name | Description | |
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| Getting started | A quick overview of JMWE | |
| Explains the installation and uninstallation of the plugin.how to install and uninstall the add-on | ||
| Explains the features of the plugin. | ||
| Contains additional information if any. | ||
| Contains the list of the frequently asked questions on the plugin. | ||
| Contains the contacts of the support team. | ||
| Explains the use cases for the features. | ||
| Contains the recipes created using the features. | ||
| JMWE workflow Conditions you can use in your workflow transitions | ||
| JMWE workflow Validators you can use in your workflow transitions | ||
| JMWE workflow Post-functions you can use in your workflow transitions | ||
| How to position JMWE post-functions relative to other post-functions | ||
| Explains the type of value expected by post-functions for each field type | ||
| Customizing further with Groovy scripts | Explains how you can use Groovy scripts to further customize your workflows | |
| JMWE administration pages | JMWE Configuration, Groovy script tester | |
| Lists and explains the use cases for the extensions provided by the add-on | ||
Troubleshooting and support for Jira Misc Workflow Extensions | Explains the troubleshooting and support options for JMWE | |
| Information about each JMWE for Jira Server version |
Documentation conventions
This table below lists the documentation conventions used in this guide.
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Monospace | Input Field names and values | ||
Monospace and Bold | JIRA Jira Field names and values | ||
| Bold and > | Menu Selection | ||
| Bold | Menu and Sub Menu Screens | ||
| Italic | JIRA Jira Misc Workflow Extensions Plugin Highlighted terms or context | ||
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| Tips, warnings, suggestions and additional information | ||
| Link in Blue | Internal pages | ||
| Link in Blue and Bold | External pages | ||
| Built-in transition/status | Bold | ||
| User created transition/status | Italic and Bold |