Groovy issue assignment is not creating an active link on the name

[Deborah Hansen]

Appears to be able to make the translation from a user id to the full name, but the user name link does not get created... based on a custom field selection, assign to defined user. assignee usera displays as User A, but only text. No errors displayed in log. Verified assigned user has project access....

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.comments.CommentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField
import com.atlassian.jira.util.ImportUtils

 
MutableIssue issue = issue
ComponentManager componentManager = ComponentManager.getInstance()
CustomFieldManager cfManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager()
 
// Get the Resolver Custom Field
CustomField customField = cfManager.getCustomFieldObject(11412)
 
// Get the value of the Resolver
Object customFieldValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField)

if (customFieldValue=='User A')
issue.setAssigneeId = usera
issue.store()

...

[Mizan · Accepted solution]

Try replacing the line

issue.setAssigneeId = usera

with

UserManager userManager = UserManager.getInstance();

User usera = userManager.getUser("User A");

issue.setAssignee(usera)

[Deborah Hansen]

Thanks! I was able to get it working!!

issue.setAssignee(userManager.getInstance().getUser('userid'))
issue.store()