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Add Checklist Items on Issue Transition

Add Checklist Items on Issue Transition

Add your custom Checklist every time the Issue is transitioned ⚡️

☝🏼IMPORTANT NOTE: Automations using entity properties no longer work with the Forge app. Please update your setup to use the Checklists custom field instead.
Learn more → Migrating Smart Checklist to Forge

Steps to create Automation

  1. Go to Project Settings → Automation → click Create rule

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    Automation in Project Settings
  1. Create a trigger

2.1. Choose Work item transitioned 

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Work item transitioned trigger

2.2. Choose From status (e.g. to do ) and To status (e.g. in progress )

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Select From and To statuses

2.3. Click Next

  1. Add a Checklist

3.1. Add component: Add an action

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Action component

3.2. Add an action: Edit work item

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Edit work item action

3.3. Select Checklists field

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Checklists field is selected

3.4. Fill in the fields with one of the following values:

Choose fields to set

Checklists

Choose fields to set

Checklists

If you want to append Checklist Items - add the following at the beginning and Checklist items in Markdown formatting 👉🏻

{{issue.properties."com.railsware.SmartChecklist.checklist"}}
# Definition of Done - Peer review - System testing - Regression testing - Documentation

If you want to replace the Smart Checklist - just add Checklist items in Markdown formatting 👉🏻

# Definition of Done - Peer review - System testing - Regression testing - Documentation 

If you want to replace the template to the Smart Checklist 👉🏻

{{project.properties."com.railsware.SmartChecklist.templateId.<Template_ID>"}}

If you want to append the Smart Checklist with the template 👉🏻

{{issue.properties."com.railsware.SmartChecklist.checklist"}} {{project.properties."com.railsware.SmartChecklist.templateId.<Template_ID>"}}

💡HINT: Read more about templates automation here → Use Templates in Automations

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Value for the Checklists field

3.5. Click Next

  1. Name your new Automation and Turn it on

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    Name and turn on the rule

You're done! Now every time an issue is transitioned from to do to in progress, the proper checklist will be appended to your issue 🎉

 

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