Automation (15-20%)

Question 1

True or False - A Project Administrator for two projects can create an automation rule that spans both projects

Answer 1

False

NOTE: By default, all project admins can create and manage automation rules for their projects. But only users with the Administer Jira global permission (i.e. Jira admins) can create and manage automation rules across all of Jira.

Question 2

What would throttle a rule?

Answer 2

A scheduled JQL search is returning more than 1000 issues

NOTE: The 1000 issues limit is important to know because it is also the maximum allowable value for exporting issues and is dictated by the JIRA property ‘jira.search.views.default.max’ which is set to 1000 by default.

Question 3

Every rule starts with a ….”

Answer 3

Every rule starts with a trigger. They kick off the execution of your rules. Triggers will listen for events in Jira, such as when an issue is created or when a field value is changed or can be scheduled, which is the case here because the question is about a weekly frequency.

Question 4

What do “workflow post functions” do?

Answer 4

Post functions carry out any additional processing required after a transition is executed.

Additional Info: Workflow post functions can clear a field value, such as the “Resolution” field, as part of a workflow transition to a particular status.

Question 5

What can you do with a single “bulk change” operation, supposing you have all the necessary permissions?

(There are 6 available actions)

Answer 5

When you need to change multiple issues at the same time, you can do this by performing a bulk operation. Available actions are:

• Edit Issues: Edit field values of issues
• Move Issues: Move issues to new projects and issue types
• Transition Issues: Transition issues through workflow
• Delete Issues: Delete multiple issues at the same time
• Watch Issues: Watch all the selected issues. You will receive notifications when any of these issues are updated.
• Stop Watching Issues: Stop watching all the selected issues. You will no longer receive notifications when any of these issues are updated.

NOTE: There are restrictions placed on some of the bulk operations. For example, if you select multiple issues with different workflows, you can only transition them into groups with the same workflow and one group at a time.

Question 6

What are ‘Automation Rules’ and what do they allow users to build?

Answer 6

Automation is a no-code rule builder that enables users to build if-this-then-that-rules based on events in Jira.

Question 7

What do ‘Workflow Validators’ do?

Answer 7

Validators check that any input made to the transition is valid before the transition is performed