How to auto assign to a user who worked on it previously when transition is moved back

Question

Hi,

I am trying to auto assign the user who worked on it earlier (in progress status) when I move the issue to back to in progress when QA/or any testing fails. How do to do this via jira automation?

Is there any field or label I could use for "smart value" option?

Hazwan Ariffin · Accepted Answer

I believe using Project Automation, you would have the option to select previous assignee

Try that and see if that works for you

Jack Brickey · Accepted Answer

As Hazwan says Project Automation is a good solution but you might also consider the following:

* create a custom field, say Developer, of type user picker
* when issue is moved to In Progress have a condition that requires the Assignee be set or a Validator to require them to set it during the transition. Also add a post function to copy value from Assignee to Developer
* When the issue moves back from QA back to In Progress again use a PF to copy the value from Developer to Assignee