groovy condition to check Assignee field is unassigned

Question

My Jira was upgraded from 7.13.x to 8.5.x

// below post-function if loop returns false in 7.13.x

if(issue.assignee){}   => false

// Post Jira upgrade, below post-function if loop returns true in 8.5.x

if(issue.assignee){}   => true

on both versions, create screen assignee field is 'automatic'.

I have a post-function to update assignee when unassigned based on few field selection.

Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ · Answer

Hi @Kiranped

If you want to check whether the issue assignee has been selected on the Create screen, you need to use the Behaviour instead of the Post-Function to validate it.

Thank you and Kind Regards,
Ram

Kiranped · Answer

Hi @Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ ,

Thanks for your response.

The requirement here is:

if(issue.assignee)  // it should return true only if the assignee field is updated on create screen OR it should return False in-case assignee field is not updated or left 'automatic'

The problem is:  issue.assignee // returning true in all case

Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ · Answer

Hi @Kiranped,

For your requirement, you should try something like this:-

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue

def mutableIssue = issue as MutableIssue

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.customFieldManager
def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.issueManager
def userManager = ComponentAccessor.userManager
def processType = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectsByName('Process Type').first()
def processTypeValue = processType.getValue(mutableIssue).toString()

def assignee

if (processTypeValue == 'Solution Design') {
    assignee = userManager.getUserByName('ram')
} else if (processTypeValue == 'Development') {
    assignee = userManager.getUserByName('max')
} else if (processTypeValue == 'QA') {
    assignee = userManager.getUserByName('admin')
}

mutableIssue.setAssignee(assignee)
issueManager.updateIssue(assignee,mutableIssue, EventDispatchOption.DO_NOT_DISPATCH,false)

Please note, the sample working code above is not 100% exact to your environment. Hence, you will need to make the required modifications.

The main thing missing in your code is this:-

issueManager.updateIssue(assignee,mutableIssue, EventDispatchOption.DO_NOT_DISPATCH,false)

You need to include this to ensure that the update to the issue via the post-function is triggered.

Below is a print screen of the Post-Function configuration:-

Below are a few test print screens:-

1. If the Product type selected is Solution Design, as shown below:-

The Assignee is set to Ram Kumar as shown in the image below:-

2. If the Product type selected is Development, as shown below:-

The Assignee is set to Max Peterson as shown in the image below:-

3. If the Product type selected is QA, as shown below:-

The Assignee is set to Admin as shown in the image below:-

I hope this helps to answer your question. :)

Thank you and Kind Regards,

Ram