Jira Automation - Actor for manual trigger

[Erik Godin]

I would like to assign the "User who triggered" actor to an automation rule with a manual trigger.

A user has created some rules which have a manuel trigger however when the rules are run, the history shows the actions were done by user who created the rule (the original actor).    For auditing purposes, this is not ideal.  The desired outcome is for the issue's history to reflect the user who ran the rule, as opposed the owner of the rule.   I also, for the same reason, do not wish to grant them the impersonation permission.

I experimented by creating a rule as a jira administrator to see if it would make a difference, I also granted the impersonation permission before re-creating the rule, however in al those instances I never had the ability to set the "user who triggered" actor, at best i can pick a specific user but I cannot make it dynamic so that the user who runs the rule becomes the user who is seen doing the action in the issue's history.  

Any guidance would be appreciated.  Thank you.

[Erik Godin]

Hi @Yashaswini YK ,

I'm looking at your screenshot and it looks like Jira Cloud.  This assumption is backed by the wording "Space" in your screenshot, as well as based on the options I see under the menu you opened, i.e.: Connections, which isn't available on my Jira software DC instance.

Can you please confirm whether the screenshot you shared is from Jira Cloud or Jira Software DC?

[Yashaswini YK]

Hi @Erik Godin ,
To reflect the user who ran the rule in audit, please change the "Actor" of the automation to "User who triggered the event" in the Flow Details.
Please make sure you save the rule after making this change.
I tried this in my instance and it correctly reflects the user who used manual trigger in the Audit.