Operators

Workflow Enhancer for Jira allows you to use the following operators to compare fields or macros to a predefined value.

Which types of fields and values can be compared against each other with order operators is described in the expandable section below.

Comparison Operations

The following matrix shows which values allow order operations and how they are defined.

	String	Float	Date	Real Timespan	Labor Timespan	Regular Expression
String	s	default	default	default	default	r
Float	default	f	default	default	default	default
Date	default	default	d	default	default	default
Real Timespan	default	default	default	t	t	default
Labor Timespan	default	default	default	t	t	default
Regular Expression	r	default	default	default	default	default

Order operations are possible if the field at the crossing point is not empty. The type of the operation is explained in the legend.

Type	Explanation	Example
s	Lexicographical comparison based on the Unicode value of each character in the Strings.	`"zoo" >= "a much longer String but with an a at the beginning"`, `"2 test Strings" < "A test String without a number at the beginning"`
f	Standard comparison of numbers.	`4.5 < 42`, `7.77 >= 2.2222`
d	The time is considered if and only if both values match the pattern dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm.	`24.12.2012 15:30 = 24.12.2012`, `24.12.2012 15:30 < 24.12.2012 16:00`
t	Number comparison of the timespan values converted to minutes.	`1w > 1min`, `1h <= 61min`, `1d 1h = 1d 1h`
r	Equal if and only if the String matches the regular expression.	`"Bar"= /Ba[a,r]/`, `/Ba[a,r]/ > "A"`
default	Lexicographical comparison after both values have been converted to String.	`10.10.2000 = "10.10.2000"`, `10.10.2000 < "a String"` `42 = "42.0"`, `"0 A String with a zero at the beginning" < 42` `"1w 0d 0h 0min" = 1w`, `1w >= "1w 0d 0h 0min"`

Description	Operator
Plus	+
Minus	-

Which types of fields and values can be added or subtracted is described in the expandable section below.

Arithmetic Operations

The following matrix shows between which values additions are possible and how they are defined.

Additions are possible if the field at the crossing point is not empty.

Type	Explanation	Example
s	String concatenation.	`"An" + "na" = "Anna"`
f	Standard addition of numbers.	`1.5 + 3 = 4.5`
t	Standard addition of timespan values based on minutes. If the timespan values do not have the same type (i.e., not both real or both labor), the result has the type of the first operand.	`1w 2d 3h + 2w 2d 2h = 3w 4d 5h` `1D + 1h = 1D 1H`
d	The timespan value is added to the date. If the date has no entered time, hours and minutes do not matter.	`(12.10.2016 + 14H) + 12H = 12.10.2016`, `12.10.2016 + 1W 3D = 22.10.2016`

The following matrix shows between which values subtractions are possible and how they are defined.

Subtractions are possible if the field at the crossing point is not empty.

Type	Explanation	Example
f	Standard subtraction of numbers.	`4.5 - 3 = 1.5`
t	The subtraction of two timespans returns the absolute difference based on minutes. If the the timespan values do not have the same type (i.e., not both real or both labor), the result has the type of the first operand.	`8w 1d 3h - 8w 2d 4h 9min = 1d 1h 9min` `2h - 1H = 1h`
d	The timespan value is subtracted from the date. If the date has no entered time, hours and minutes do not matter.	`(29.05.2015 - 12H 5MIN) - 12H 5MIN = 29.05.2015`, `29.11.2019 - 6D = 23.11.2019`

The subtraction of Date values is not supported. Use, e.g., {Date A} < {Date B} + 1W instead of comparing the difference of the dates to a week.