Jira Project not assigning components to Default Assigne

[Raunak]

Hello,

I am new to Jira. I am looking to auto-assign a component to the Component lead, however, upon creating an issue, it is not being assigned. Rather, it still displays as unassigned.

What could  I doing wrong?

Components 

A-Test ( Component Lead: Raunak, Default Assignee: Component Lead)

Our 'Default'assigne for the project is 'Unassigned'. I will not be able to change this because it affects our entire project.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

[Joe Pitt · Accepted solution]

That isn't how components and component lead work. You assign a user to be the component lead and when the user creates the issue they pick a component and JIRA assigns it to the component lead. If there isn't a component lead it is assigned to the project lead. 

[Raunak]

This is how I have set it up. I have assigned myself to be component lead. See below.

[Raunak]

I think I have figured it out Joseph, looks like I did not assign the user with 'Service Desk Team' or higher role. They were only assigned with the 'Standard' role which does not allow for auto assign of users. 

[Joe Pitt]

glad you figured it out

[Raunak]

:) Thank you very much

[Raunak]

Thanks Joseph, I have gotten it to work for my user. However, it does not work with others. This leads me to believe I am missing a Issue Permissions for the other user.

Does a user need to be under 'Assignable User' group in order to be a assignee for an issue? 

[Joe Pitt]

So when a new issue is created if they pick A-Test as the component you will be automatically assigned the issue if you have 'default assignee' at creation time.  Review the link below:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/managing-components-938847187.html