Project Import completed with error: Unable to create issue due to Field Required Validator on target workflow
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Problem
Project Import completes with error about 1 or more issues that cannot be created:
The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log
2015-12-09 18:22:58,376 ProjectImport: CreateIssues-1 ERROR admin 1102x963x1 1kx0y8o 127.0.0.1 /secure/admin/ProjectImportSummary.jspa [jira.imports.project.DefaultProjectImportPersister] Unable to create issue with key 'NT-1'.
com.atlassian.jira.external.ExternalException: Unable to create issue: test1
at com.atlassian.jira.external.ExternalUtils.createIssue(ExternalUtils.java:246)
at com.atlassian.jira.imports.project.DefaultProjectImportPersister.createIssue(DefaultProjectImportPersister.java:147)
at com.atlassian.jira.imports.project.handler.IssuePersisterHandler$1.run(IssuePersisterHandler.java:78)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.concurrent.BoundedExecutor$1.run(BoundedExecutor.java:58)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: com.atlassian.jira.exception.CreateException: com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowException: An unknown exception occured executing Validator com.atlassian.jira.workflow.SkippableValidator@694adb88: root cause: java.lang.NullPointerException
...
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.verifyInputs(AbstractWorkflow.java:1523)
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.transitionWorkflow(AbstractWorkflow.java:1203)
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.initialize(AbstractWorkflow.java:615)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.createIssue(OSWorkflowManager.java:886)
... 8 more
at com.googlecode.jsu.workflow.validator.FieldsRequiredValidator.validate(FieldsRequiredValidator.java:123)Cause
Some workflow validator is configured for the Create Issue transition on the target workflow e.g. Fields Required Validator from JIRA Suites Utilities Plugin.
Workaround
Edit the relevant workflow on the target instance before import, and remove the validators (i.e. if the requirements imposed by this validator are no longer actually required; or if it is more important to import the data as-is than to enforce constraints on the data).
Resolution
Ensure that all requirements imposed by the Workflow Validators on target instance are met. e.g. If you have a Fields Required validator on Create Issue transition of target workflow that makes Assignee field required, then you should make sure that all the matching issues being imported (for the relevant project and issue type) have assignee field set.