Can I add watchers based on a custom field?

Question

I have a custom field that lists different teams that would be affected by a new ticket. I'd like to set up the notifications so that when a specific team is chosen from the list, a certain set of watchers are automatically added to the ticket. Is this possible?

Kathleen Jacobs · Answer

How would you do this on Download jira?

Matheus Fernandes · Answer

Won't the custom field dropdown display all of the existing groups?

I'm afraid that all groups will indeed be displayed in the Group Picker.

I've also tested using a post-function to copy the value of a custom field to Watchers, but with no luck. :/

Emily Spencer · Answer

Thank you both!

Matheus, I think that I follow you but let me know if I've misunderstood. If I do it that way with having a custom group picker field and then defining my watchers as specific groups, I believe that I lose the ability to limit what appears on the list. Won't the custom field dropdown display all of the existing groups?

I like to make this field available when creating all new tickets in a project so I'd prefer to keep it fairly restricted with what appears in the dropdown.