JMWE for Jira Cloud: Getting started

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Dan Tombs

Dan Tombs

Nov 18, 2021

Looking to build and automate Jira workflows? You've come to the right place.

Jira Misc Workflow Extensions (JMWE) is an ALL-IN-ONE workflow automation app that powers millions of users worldwide, as well as half of all Fortune 100 companies. It's a top-rated and top-selling workflow app for Jira Cloud. Why? Because it gives you the tools to automate virtually unlimited use cases no matter how simple or sophisticated they might be.

What can you do with JMWE for Jira Cloud?

A lot! But here are just a few examples we cover in this guide to help you get started quickly:

  • Ensure that an epic cannot be closed until all its stories are closed (Condition)
  • Make a field mandatory for certain issue types during a transition (Validator)
  • Automatically create subtasks when a new story is created and then close the story when all subtasks are closed (Post Function)
  • Add a comment on every transition to show when an issue was transitioned and by whom (Shared Actions)
  • Automate calculations, i.e., calculate the labor cost estimates based on "man hours" and "hourly fee" (Event-based Action)
  • Every morning, send a reminder email to the assignee of each issue that is "in progress" status (Scheduled Actions)

Here is how JMWE helps you automate Jira Cloud

  1. Configure workflows - without code - using dozens of post-functions, conditions & validators
  2. Automate processes outside of workflows using Scheduled and Event-based Actions
  3. Extend beyond limits with our powerful - yet simple to use - scripting engine

How to get started

If you already have JMWE for Jira Cloud installed, great! If not, we encourage you to get the JMWE free trial so that you can configure a few automations in your own Jira Cloud instance.


JMWE configuration options are available to all Jira Admins in your Jira Cloud instance. Here is how to access JMWE options in Jira:

 

And, of course, you can always explore JMWE's documentation to learn more.


If you are new to Jira and Jira workflows, explore these useful Atlassian resources first.

Dan Tombs

Dan Tombs

Dan Tombs is a Solution Architect at Appfire with hands-on experience across the Atlassian ecosystem since 2016. He’s worked with end customers, solution partners, and now helps teams thrive by shaping tools and processes around how they actually work and not the other way around. Dan champions automation as a path to scaling productivity, reducing context switching, and unlocking what teams do best.