We hope to provide Workflow Validation, Condition and Post Function in the near future. In the meantime please use the following workarounds to add and delete using Jira Automation

Add & Remove Label Manager items through a workflow transition without overwriting existing label

Example Usecase:

When the status changes to from status “In Progress” to Done add the Label IN-UAT and remove the Label UAT-Done for your field Label .

Trigger: Issue Transitioned → Select From And/Or To Status

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Edit Issue: New Action → Edit Issue

Use ‘More options’

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Automate Your Colored Label Fields with Jira Automation 🤖

Tired of manually updating labels in Jira? With Automation Rules, you can dynamically manage and update your Colored Label Fields based on issue transitions, field changes, or other triggers.

• Let’s explore how to set this up with a practical example.

Example Use Case: Automation with Colored Label Field

Scenario

• When an issue’s status changes from “In Progress” to “Done”, We want to:

  1. Add the label “100% worked”.

  2. Clear the existing data in the “Progressing” field.

Steps to Create the Automation Rule

1. Navigate to Automation Settings

   • Click on Project settings → Click on Automation → Click Create rule.

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2. Select the Trigger

• Choose Issue Transitioned as the trigger.

• Set From: In Progress → To: Done, then click Next.
  

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3. Add an Action

• Click Add an action.

• Select Edit Issue.

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4. Modify the Field Data

• Click Use ‘More options’.

• Add the following JSON code into the field to replace the data in Progressing with "100% worked":

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{
    "update": {
        "customfield_10042Progressing": [
            {
                "removeset": "IN-UAT"null
            },
            {
                "add": "UAT-Done100% worked"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Delete Label Manager items through a workflow transition

Need help?

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• Click update

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Testing the Rule

1. Create an issue and set any value in the Colored Label field "Progressing" Then Set the status to “In progress” .

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   2. Change the status of the issue to Done.

• Once the issue is marked Done, the Progressing field will be updated to "100% worked".

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