Automatic Assignee ? Change the default assignee if no one is chosen

[Antoine]

Hello all,

I wonder if it was possible to set a person assigned by default if the Assignee field is not filled?

In example if no one is set as Assignee, the issue will not be "unassigned" or "automatic",

the assignee will be the person which has been established.

[Tarun Sapra]

The easiest way to do this is to specify a component on the create issue screen and in the component configuration choose the assignee as the component lead. And you can choose the component lead.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/managing-components-802592503.html

The harder way is to use something like Script Runner and map the assignee in the post-function of the create transition 

[Antoine]

Thank you, I've tried the easier one, it looks to work well !

[Fidel Castro]

You can use "Copy a parsed text to a field" post-function of JIRA Workflow Toolbox with the following configuration:

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replacing user_name with the user name of the default assignee your want to set. Don't write the user's full name, but the user name.

Once configured, your Create Issue transition will look like this:

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[Antoine]

Is it an add-on ?

[Fidel Castro]

Yes, it's JIRA Workflow Toolbox add-on.

You can also use a project role for setting the default assignee for a project. To do it you should set the default user for a project role in a project, and then write the name of a project role instead of a user name in parameter Text to be parsed.