Updating text field with current user

Richard Jones7

Hi All

I'll simplify my requirement so it may not make complete sense as to why I want to do this. 

I have a custom multi line text field. I would like to populate this with the current user when a certain transition happens in my custom workflow. Is this possible?

Thanks

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Strictly, no, because the current user is a user object, not a block of text.  The best you could do is convert the user object to a string representation in a post-function and drop that into the text.  But it will no longer be a user, just some information about that user in plain text.

You will need some code too - I'd write a script-runner post-function to do it, but it would be quite short, as extracting a user name and/or login is quite simple