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Is there a way to set a GROUP as an Approver via Jira SM Project Automation?

Edwin Mallette
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February 17, 2021

I'd like to set an approver step based on group rather than have discrete approvers.   For instance, if I have a group of four people, I'd like any (1 of the 4) to satisfy the approval step in a Workflow; I am setting the approvers with Project Automation.  This is a Jira-

Without this, I have to maintain lists of approvers across multiple service request types and then as people's roles change I'll have to go in and update essentially the same set of users across multiple automations.

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John Funk
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February 17, 2021

Hi Edwin - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

The Approver field is not setup to handle a group in Jira. But you can add the individual users through automation.

Edwin Mallette
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February 20, 2021

Thanks for the direction.

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