How do I assign people to issues from the issue list?

Question

I have a JQL that's produced a list of issues I need to assign users to, 70 of them. Clicking on the assignee (currently unassigned) doesn't do anything. I'm REALLY hoping that I don't have to click on each issue and do it from there........

Am I going to have to waste time doing it the slow way?

Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira · Answer

Hi @Nick Minchin

if you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, I think you'll like JXL for Jira. It's a full-fledged table/spreadsheet view on your issues that allows super-quick inline editing of your issues, either individually, or in bulk using copy/paste.

Here's how a status change looks in JXL; the first two updates are "manual", the last update is a bulk update via copy/paste. You can do the same with assignees, and easily assign dozens or even hundreds of issues with one click.

It's worth noting that JXL can do much more than that - from inline issue creation, to quick sorting and filtering, to arbitrary issue hierarchies, it comes with practically all features you're familiar with from Excel or Google Sheets. More info at https://jxl.app.

(Disclaimer: I work on JXL :) )

Hope this helps,

Hannes

RISHAV KUMAR GUPTA · Answer

Hello @Nick Minchin  according to your problem , U can assign all 70 issue in one go  through bulk change operation . or you can use the automation .

Thanks ,

Rishav kumar gupta

Ismael Jimoh · Answer

Hi @Nick Minchin

Unless you have a rule of categorising these issues in place already (for example labels =something or issue type = certain issue type) which allows you bulk add assignee, you will have to do this manually.

You could build an automation now that auto assigns issues to specific people and manually trigger this on a specific event but other than this, you will need to manually assign the issues.