Assign back to developer that set status to "in progress"

[Jeff]

Hi there, I saw that "copy value from other field" is exclusive to JIRA cloud which seemed like the solution to the problem I'm trying to solve.

I'm not an expert in jira admin and am just learning, but this is effectively what I want to do...

Create some post function when an issue enters "in progress" status that copies whatever jira user change it to "in progress" and lock it in a custom field. From there, I want to use the value of that custom field to have another post function fire later down the line that would assign it back to that user. 

Would someone be able to help me understand how to best achieve this?

[Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_]

Hi @Jeff 

Welcome to the community!

You can't do that out of the box, however, you can achieve that with Enhancer Plugin for Jira.

Assign Issue to a User in a Custom Field post function can assign the task to a user in a custom field.

You can define a First/Last In Progress User custom field using the same app, and use it in the post function.

I hope I was helpful. 

I am one of the folks behind the Enhancer Plugin, I might not be impartial.

Tuncay