Public Name in automation rule?

[Steven Kay]

Is it possible to use "Public Name" e.g. Joe Bloggs in an automation rule, i.e. issue.creator.publicName? We are currently using issue.creator.displayName, but this appears as Bloggs Joe, synchronised from Azure AD.

Many thanks,

Steve

[Patrick Tripodi · Accepted solution]

Hi @Steven Kay, 

I do not believe there is such a smart value, however, you could do the following: 

{{issue.creator.displayName.split(" ").last}} {{issue.creator.displayName.split(" ").first}}

This will translate to: Joe Bloggs

So for an email, you can do: 

Hi {{issue.creator.displayName.split(" ").last}} {{issue.creator.displayName.split(" ").first}}, 

This is an email.

Which will be sent as: 

Hi Joe Bloggs, 

This is an email.

This will also ignore any instances of any extra values, like middle names from showing. 

Cheers,

Patrick Tripodi
GLiNTECH

[Steven Kay]

Hi Patrick. That works perfectly! Thanks so much for your help.