Multiple Assignee's for issues??

Question

Is it possible?  how do I do it?  I'd like to have two folks work on one issue and have them both be tracked with it.  Thanks!!

Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_ · Answer

Hi @Tristan Swenson

Some thoughts.

* The Assignee field can only have one person at a time.
* You can always reassign the same issue to several members at different stages of the workflow. Just create a transition screen with the Assignee field.
* If 2 or more people are supposed to work on it at the same time then you can use sub-tasks in Jira.
* You can also create a User Picker field - Let us say you want to have BA, Designer, Developer, QA and UAT people on the same issue but assignee can be only one person at a time.
* When you re-assign the issue to several people at different stages then the history is always tracked for you but keep in mind the reporting (based on assignee) will always be on current assignee but you can always search for issues assigned to someone specific in the past using assignee was personA.

I hope it was helpful.

Ravi

Ryan Fish · Answer

Tristan,

Short answer is no, sharing an assignment is not supported.
But there are workarounds.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/How+do+I+assign+issues+to+multiple+users
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Assign-a-task-to-multiple-assignees/qaq-p/397690

Franz Maruna · Answer

I don't believe it is, and that kinda begs some questions around how workflow behaves.

Have you considered assigning the issue to one lead, and then @-ing the other person in the description or comments? Then you may end up with a clearer accountability trail on who is responsible for what.