descriptionAutomate repetitive actions when moving request between statuses. Learn how to update custom fields automatically and more.

Rules help you streamline your service team's process by automatically updating fields when you move requests through your workflowWorkflow rules can automatically update a request's fields, or limit the people who can use a certain transition in your workflow, and more. Read more about workflows in team-managed service projects.

Currently, we have the following workflow rules:

  • Assign a request to someone

  • Update a request field

  • Restrict who can move a request
  • Remind people to update empty fields
  • Check that a request has been through a status
  • Check a request's field

For each transition, you can have up to:

  • 50 Restrict transition rules
  • 50 Validate details rules
  • 50 Perform actions rules

Learn more about each rule and see examples of how you might use them.

You must have the administrator role in your project to do the things described on this page. Learn more about team-managed project roles.

Add a new rule to a transition

To add a rule to a transition:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Select Edit workflow.

  4. From the workflow toolbar, select Rules.

  5. Select the rule you want to add from the list and click Select.

  6. Select the transition you want to add the rule to from the For transition dropdown.

  7. Fill out the required information to set up your rule, and click Add.

To see the rule in action, create a test request and move it through your workflow.

You can add up to 10 rules to each transition.

Edit a transition rule

To edit a rule on a transition:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Select Edit workflow. The workflow editor appears.

  4. Select the transition in your workflow diagram. The transition details pane appears.

  5. Under Rules, click the card for the rule you want to edit.

  6. Make your changes and select Update.

Your newly edited rules are applied to your service project when you save and exit the workflow editor.

Delete a transition rule

To delete a rule from a transition:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Select Edit workflow.

  4. Select the transition in your workflow diagram. The transition details pane appears.

  5. Under Rules, click the card for the rule you want to delete.

  6. Click the Delete rule button.