How can I add alternatives to the User dropdown list?

Daniel.Adersteg

I want to create an automation with a user condition. See below:

I want the condition to check if Reporter = Approver. I am, however, not sure how to add alternatives to the drop down list. The dropdown list seems to be a mix between standard values and manually added value, but I tried to create a value and it does not show up (It is a People-Field) 

This is how the dropdown look  

 

I do not need a manually created value if I can access the "official" Approvers  field but none of the alternatives in the list seemed to work.  

 

Anyone have an idea what the problem might be here?

Alex van Vucht (GLiNTECH)

If an issue is pending approval, then the special "Approvals" field tells you who can approve a request.

If you retrieve an issue via the REST API, as suggested by https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/ the Approvals field looks like this:

 "customfield_10100": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "name": "Waiting for approval",
        "finalDecision": "pending",
        "canAnswerApproval": false,
        "approvers": ["approver":jiraUser,"approvalDecision":"pending"],
        "createdDate": {
          "iso8601": "2021-06-07T12:41:16+1000",
          "jira": "2021-06-06T21:41:16.299-0500",
          "friendly": "Monday 12:41 PM",
          "epochMillis": 1623033676299
        },
        "_links": {
          "self": "https://are-media.atlassian.net/rest/servicedeskapi/request/43862/approval/1"
        }
      }
    ],

Try an advanced compare condition like:

First value: {{#issue.Approvals}}{{if(equals(finalDecision,"pending"),approvers)}}{{/}}

contains

Second value: {{issue.reporter}}