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Use workflow validators for company-managed projects

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These are the validators you can add to your workflows out of the box. Read about using validators with custom fields.

Default workflow validators

Date compare validator

Compare two dates during a workflow transition.

Date window validator

Compares two date fields by adding a time span in days to one of them.

Field required validator

Field must not be empty during the transition.

Field has been modified validator

Field value must be changed during the transition.

Field has single value validator

Multi-select field has one value during transition.

Parent status validator

Validates that the parent work item is in required state.

Permission validator

Validates that the user has a permission.

Previous state validator

Validates that the work item has previously transitioned through a specific state.

Regular expression check

Validate field contents against a regular expression during a workflow transition.

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