JQL custom function passing currentUser() to scope precomputations

Question

We are looking to make a custom JQL function we could use to see a dashboard as an other user. This would allow us to check if permissions were properly given.

The function would replace currentUser() in our filters and we could change the user being impersonated with a dashboard widget.

From my understanding, due to precomputation if I want each user to have a different selected value I must pass the current user as an argument to the function. I am unable to do so or find any alternative way to allow each user to select a different user.

Thank you!

Luc Allaire_61v6gh · Answer

Hi Bo Zhao
, I would be programming a plugin for this purpose. What I mean to ask is if it is possible to avoid global precomputations in a forge custom jql function and have either precomputations in a user scope or just make sure they each have a different result (for exemple by passing current user to the function).

Thank you

Bo Zhao_a0vlc1 · Answer

Hi @Luc Allaire

I sometimes get into the same problem and I don't seem to find a better solution. Things will get more complicated if you have user-based permission instead of role-based.

As site admin, you can use the Admin Helper to check a user's permission against a certain Jira ticket, you may have to do this multiple times if you have more than one project. Or login as the user to view their dashboard.