# Question on performing multiple transitions using "workflowHelper"

**URL:** <https://community.exalate.com/t/question-on-performing-multiple-transitions-using-workflowhelper/4346>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Tags:** exalate, cloud-jira, migrated\_question\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://community.exalate.com/t/question-on-performing-multiple-transitions-using-workflowhelper/4346 "2024-11-04T06:50:04Z")\
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_Originally asked by Cloud Chiu on 10 September 2020 [(original question)](https://oldcommunity.exalate.com/questions/11342422)_

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I am asking the same question as [Could not perform multiple transitions using “workflowHelper”](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.exalate.com_questions_3704191_could-2Dnot-2Dperform-2Dmultiple-2Dtransitions-2Dusing-2Dworkflowhelper&d=DwMFaQ&c=Yd6fwksshA3zI-LNKA26tw&r=gjhdKxFngnWdsAsIwbae_N4iPdr2rSRh_WC4gG-WFC0&m=R6DkpfhPtA1oJN3yZ-m6AJJMQ4rB3iqtXq8wPBeur7c&s=OOUJiE_RyzHA0XXBCDboPVNYoGz_O670cuxF0OV1GmI&e=) for Jira Cloud, however the answer with the doc [https://docs.idalko.com/exalate/display/ED/Status+synchronization+on+Jira+cloud+with+multiple+transitions+on+a+single+sync](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.idalko.com_exalate_display_ED_Status-2Bsynchronization-2Bon-2BJira-2Bcloud-2Bwith-2Bmultiple-2Btransitions-2Bon-2Ba-2Bsingle-2Bsync&d=DwMFaQ&c=Yd6fwksshA3zI-LNKA26tw&r=gjhdKxFngnWdsAsIwbae_N4iPdr2rSRh_WC4gG-WFC0&m=R6DkpfhPtA1oJN3yZ-m6AJJMQ4rB3iqtXq8wPBeur7c&s=X9kiUmS0k61AUIkihLlwPxp_FUXxXCll3g_CM8bMkF4&e=) mentioned from a reply is no longer available to access, it requires an account to view but my community don’t allow me to access.

Can anyone help on it?

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_Answer by Juan Grases on 10 September 2020_

Hi!

This is the current URL for status sync on Jira Cloud: [https://docs.idalko.com/exalate/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19631067](https://docs.idalko.com/exalate/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19631067)

workflowHelper only allows to do a single transition per sync, if you want many transition, you would set the status directly using

```auto
issue.setStatus("Status Name")

```

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#### Comments:

> **Cloud Chiu commented on 11 September 2020**
>
> > The current workflow likes Status 1 \> Status 2 \> Status 3. To map the replica status to local status, it is required to transit from Status 1 to Status 3 in one sync.
> 
> Do you mean it is now technically infeasible? Other than workflowHelper, can you suggest other ways to do this in one sync?

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 11 September 2020**
>
> > Hi Cloud Chiu
> 
> The other suggestion is in Juan’s comment
> 
> ```auto
> issue.setStatus("Status Name")
> 
> ```
> 
> ```auto
>   
> 
> ```

> **Cloud Chiu commented on 15 September 2020**
>
> > But I tried the following on one sync without luck.
> 
> ```auto
> issue.setStatus("Status 2")
> issue.setStatus("Status 3")
> 
> ```
> 
> But if the above two lines are run separately, it works without issues.

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 15 September 2020**
>
> > Cloud Chiu
> 
> If the target status is ‘Status 3’ - just run
> 
> ```auto
> issue.setStatus("Status 3")
> 
> ```
> 
> No need to call it twice.  
> Let me know

> **Cloud Chiu commented on 16 September 2020**
>
> > It works, thanks

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