Fields Required Condition & Validator

Fields Required Validator (Workflow Building Blocks) vs Field Required Validator (out-of-the-box)

Reminder: A Condition hides the transition if criteria aren’t met, while a Validator allows the transition button to be clicked but blocks it after submission if requirements fail.

What You Get

Make Fields Mandatory During Transitions

Easily enforce required fields during a transition. You can choose from any fields available in Jira that are supported by Jira Expressions — including both system and custom fields. Our validator checks whether a field has been filled in either during or prior to the transition.

Validation Messages with Dynamic Content

You can display a simple message or use a Jira Expression that evaluates to a string — enabling customized, dynamic validation messages tailored to the issue context.

Support for Additional Fields

Beyond standard fields, the validator also supports additional fields compatible with Jira Expressions

Field name	Workflow Building Blocks	Out-of-the-box
Epic		❌
Voters		❌
Stories*		❌
Children*		❌
Closed Sprints		❌
Linked Issues*		❌
Sub-tasks		❌
Work Logs*		❌
Original Estimate*		❌ Ignored
Remaining Estimate*		❌ Ignored
Time Spent		☑️ Only during transition
Attachments*		☑️ Only during transition
Comment*		☑️ Only during transition

• Stories – Check if an Epic has any direct child work items, excluding sub-tasks.

• Children – Check if a work item has any direct children, including sub-tasks.

• Epic – Check if a work item belongs to an Epic.

• Linked Issues (Related Work Items) – Check if the issue has any links to other issues.

• Work Logs – Check if any work log has been added before the transition. (Note: work logs are not created during the transition itself)

• Original Estimate – Ensure an estimate is provided before or during the transition, and that it is not equal to 0.

• Remaining Estimate – Ensure a remaining estimate is provided before or during the transition, and that it is not equal to 0.

• Attachments – Check if any attachment has been added either before or during the transition.

• Comment - Check if any comment has been added either before or during the transition.

Handling of Already Added Attachments

The Fields Required Validator from the Workflow Building Blocks app checks whether an attachment has been added before the transition or during the transition (via a Transition Screen).

In contrast, the classic built-in Field Required Validator only enforces that an attachment is added during the transition, ignoring any attachments already present.

In the New Workflow Editor, you can enforce required fields using the “Validate a field” rule with the “Isn’t Empty” option. Both out-of-the-box validators behave the same way in this regard.

Which validator should you use?

• ✅ Use the Fields Required Validator from our app if the attachment can be added at any point earlier in the workflow (not necessarily during the current transition).

• ✅ Use the classic validator if the attachment must be added specifically during the current transition.