limit the list of specific user in Assignee field during the transition.

[Meet Darji]

Hi folks,

I need to modify the workflow of the story issue type.

The below-mentioned system already exists:

- I have a separate workflow for the story.

- 1 group of product owners & managers.

- Workflow screen for detailed submission

Requirement:

I have 2 statuses TO DO and REVIEW and in between I have 2 transitions

1. assigned for the review 

2. Assign back to modification.

Now if the story needs to be modified and the story is ready to assign back.

I just want only the PO's name(which is in the product owner group) will appear in the Assignee field tab which exists in the workflow screen.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

You could use a field to hold the POs names, but that doesn't solve your assignee problem.

The list of possible assignees is generated by the permission "assignable" in the project - only people who have that permission will be listed in the assignee drop-down.  I assume you have a permission for the project that says "assignable = (some groups and/or roles that include the POs)"

It is possible to modify permissions on a status basis - you can add a workflow property to a step that changes the permission while the issue is in that status.  In this case, I think you should add the following to the To-do and Review steps:

jira.permission.assignable.group = PO-Group

[Meet Darji]

Hi @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- 

Thank you so much for the response. actually, it works as I  desire.

It's really a very simple and non-scripted solution you provide. 

once again thank you so much for your speedy support.

Folks above answered solution works effortlessly. kindly consider for exact requirement.

[Brant Schroeder]

@Meet Darji welcome to the Atlassian community 

You will need to create a new custom field that is associated with a group that only has the POs in it.  This would then allow you to associate that field on the transition limiting the user's to PO.

[Meet Darji]

@Brant Schroeder Thank you so much for your solution. this works perfectly for the new custom fields. but I want to fulfill my requirement in the assignee it self.

[Brant Schroeder]

@Meet Darji Assignee is not a field that can be setup.  You could use an automation to set the approver (custom field) based on who the assignee is but that is the only way I can think of to do it.