Adding fixed watcher to a new issue using a post function

Question

Hello, we recently updated our JIRA to version 7.1.8. Unfortunately one of our scripts doesn´t work any more. The upcoming error is: /secure/CreateIssueDetails.jspa [c.a.j.issue.watchers.DefaultWatcherManager] You must specify a user. This is the code: import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor import org.apache.log4j.Category def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager() def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager() def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager() def watchUsers = {usernames -> usernames.each { def user = userManager.getUserByKey(it.toString()) watcherManager.startWatching(user, issue) } } def users = ["", "", "", ""] def Category log = Category.getInstance("com.onresolve.jira.groovy.PostFunction") log.setLevel(org.apache.log4j.Level.DEBUG) log.debug "--------------- ADD WATCHER/S --------------" watchUsers(users) I tried some things but I unfortunately can´t find the error. It seems like the users are defined wrong. Can anyone see the error? Best regards, Michael

Michael Albiez · Answer

Hi Thanos,

thanks for your answer.

I found the error. JIRA compares the lower case usernames.

So I just had to write the usernames in loser case and the csript worked fine.

Thanos Batagiannis _Adaptavist_ · Answer

hi Michael,

I think your script is right, so as you already noticed the problem should be with the user names, try to add a debug message for the user, and check the user for null before the watcherManager.startWatching(user, issue)

regards