I want to list the voters in a report, not just the number of votes.

Question

I am using voting to prioritize the backlog. I want to list the voter names in the report. I'm using this filter

project = ENGPGB AND status = "to do" order by votes

I'd like the report to include the voter names. It isn't an option for the columns. When I open a specific issue and MORE, I have an option to see voters. Can I add voters to my filter somehow?

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Nancy Latimer

If you have one of the versions of Automation for Jira, you may to do this with automation rules.  There is a free version (lite) for Server also.

For example, this would list the voters as a comma-separated list for an issue:

* Voters: {{#issue.voters}}{{displayName}}{{^last}}, {{/}}{{/}}

And the vote count would be:

* Votes: {{issue.voters.size|0}}

To learn more about automation rules, please look at these sources:

* https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-articles/Jira-Automation-all-the-resources-you-need-in-one-page/ba-p/1388465
* https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library#/label/all/1453

Best regards,

Bill

Nancy Latimer · Answer

Bummer that isn't supported. I'll see if our IT folks can help me with that API workaround.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Nancy Latimer

That is not currently supported, but there is a request in Atlassian's backlog about it.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-45952

When I did a google search for "jira list voters" I found a few links that seemed to indicate other ways to get the list of voters for an issue. There is this community post that talks about using the API.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/JQL-Is-it-possible-to-get-the-list-for-each-voters-for-the/qaq-p/521403

And there were links to YouTube videos posted by ScriptRunner (an app you can purchase to add to your JIRA server) about getting voter lists and counts.