How to make reporter selection mandatory/optional for creating bug from QMetry to Jira?

User can make reporter field mandatory to fill when logging a bug in Jira from QMetry test suite execution screen if the Reporter field is optional in Jira.

If the Reporter field is mandatory in Jira, then it is displayed as mandatory and can not be turned as an optional field in QMetry.

Use Case: When the Reporter field is mandatory in Jira instance and it remains non-mandatory in QMetry, then it is most likely causing undesired results. To avoid such situation and make Report field settings compatible with that of in Jira, the settings are provided in QMetry.

The settings are provided on the Jira Fields Configuration window for Issue module.

Steps:

  1. Open Jira Field Settings for Issue module.

  2. You can see the toggle option at the bottom of the window.

Do you want to make Reporter Field Mandatory while creating Issue?: To make the Report field mandatory/non-mandatory, this toggle option is available on the Jira Fields Configuration window.

  • To make the Reporter field mandatory to fill while logging an issue from QMetry execution screen, turn the option On. The field will appear mandatory on the Create Issue screen. An issue will not be created without Reporter value.

  • To make the Reporter field optional to fill, turn the option Off. User may or may not enter a value for the field.

 

Scenarios:

When the Reporter field in Jira is

Reporter field in QMetry

When the Reporter field in Jira is

Reporter field in QMetry

Optional

  • Optional, if the toggle button in issue module field configuration window is Off.

  • Mandatory, if the toggle button in issue module field configuration window is On.

Mandatory

Mandatory

  • Toggle button in issue module field configuration window is enabled automatically when perform a sync operation

  • User not able to off reporter field button