How to automatically add Watchers to Ideas from @person custom fields using automation

Question

Hello Community!

I wanted to share with you a way to keep people you care about in the loop on your Ideas.

Using the custom field type @people in JPD, you can assign users to the field, and then create automation to add them as watchers automatically.

Steps

1. Create a @people field in your JPD project

2. Identify the customfield id for your new field using: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/field

3. Create automation using smart values with {{customfield_#####.accountId}} to modify watchers when the value in your @people fields change.

Aaron Mosny_t498a0 · Answer

You got it @Tanguy Crusson!

Tanguy Crusson · Answer

Oh wow that is an awesome workaround until we improve notifications! 
I'll add this to the product FAQ right now, thanks @Aaron Mosny !