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Change Assignee based on a custom field

Kyle Cianchette

So I understand that JIRA doesn't have this capability built in.

We want a post function in the workflow to automatically assign a user based on a specific custom field. For example, we have a field called "Unit Tester" where we choose a person who is going to be the unit tester at the beginning of our workflow. We want to pull that value out at a step later in the workflow, and make that person the assignee.

I was wondering if there are plugins out there that allow you to do that?

And we don't want the Unit tester to be chosen by anyone other than the person in the beginning of the workflow, so just changing the assignee manually late in the workflow won't fly.

Accepted answers

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]

You can use the "Copy Value from other field" function in JIRA Suite Utlities plugin.

https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/JSUTIL/JIRA+Suite+Utilities+Workflow+Post-Functions#JIRASuiteUtilitiesWorkflowPost-Functions-CopyValueFromOtherFieldPostFunction

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Kyle Cianchette

Yup, that's what I needed. Thanks!

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]

You can use the "Copy Value from other field" function in JIRA Suite Utlities plugin.

https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/JSUTIL/JIRA+Suite+Utilities+Workflow+Post-Functions#JIRASuiteUtilitiesWorkflowPost-Functions-CopyValueFromOtherFieldPostFunction

Kyle Cianchette

That's what I needed. Thanks!

smalik7

Is there anyway through which we can copy one of the customfield of parent ticket to asignee of Sub ticket.

Customfiled in parent ticket is user picker field.

Radu Dumitriu

Try JJupin if you want abstraction from the Jira internals. Or, you can use Script Runner ...

Pritish Sinha

1) Add a Post Function to the WF transition

2) Click Copy Value From Other Field

3) Give these values:

Source Field = Custom Field

Destination Field = Assignee

Alexandr Voitenko

This doesn't seem to work. I am able to copy one custom field's value to another(both of type User). The copied value appears on view screen. But when I copy the same custom field's value to assignee, the value is in the db, but not on the view screen. Have any idea what is the problem^

Alper AYKUT

you can use the "Set a field as a function of other fields" function in JIRA Workflow tool plugin.

Jessica Bartsch

I have the same problem. This doesn't work for the Assignee field. It ends up staying unassigned after completion.

Annette G.

Hi Jessica,

I had the same problem and turned out that the user which makes the change in the background (in our case JMWE user) didnt have permissions to edit issues. This user is automatically assigned to the project role Atlassian-addons-project-access. By giving this role the permission to edit issues, the JMWE user was able to copy the field value to the user.

Hope this helps.

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