when a defect is linked to test, assign defect to test reporter.

[Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu]

Hi, 

i am trying to build an automation rule to assign a defect to test case reporter when it is linked to test. 

Please suggest with possible ways to achieve.

Thanks,

Chandrababu

[Dick]

Hi @Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu 

I'm afraid your question needs a little work in order to get the response it deserves. Could you rephrase it so that your intention is more clear please?

Kind regards,
Dick

[Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu]

Hi @Dick

Thanks for reply.

So my intention is to assign the defect found/created during the test execution process to test case reporter. So that test case reporter will work on the defect. 

[Dick]

(please set me straight if I'm at error)

So you have a person A who is performing a test that is described in a Jira story that is reported by person B. 

If person A finds a bug during testing, you want an automation to fabricate a story assigned to person B, so he/she can amend the code that was originally put up for testing.

Is this the case you're describing?

[Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu]

Yes. Exactly 

[Dick]

Thanks @Dommalapati Chandrababu Naidu  for your patience with me :)

Each automation needs a trigger. You have basically two options:

• A manual trigger from the ... more menu when the test story is selected.
• A trigger initiated by a change in a field value of the test story.

In the former, your tester A should know where to find the described menu, whereas in the latter, your tester A needs to modify a field on the test story, which could be difficult to handle if more that one tester would want to express a found bug or bugs.

After the trigger, the process is pretty straightforward. The trigger issue holds the reporter field containing a way to "know" person B as the person responsible for solving the bug. The automation can create a new Jira work item, with person B as the assignee. It even can use (part of) the name of the original Test story, and/or have the related issue field set to link to the original Test story. 

Kind regards,
Dick