Smart value with regex to change assignee

[Davide Santonocito]

Good day!

I am desperately trying to automate this flow:

Using this smart value:

{{#issue.comments}}{{body.match("((\w+\.\w+)(?=].*merge request))")}}{{/}}

Sadly, I get notified that the user is unknown:

Should I be changing the assignee of the issue in another way, perhaps using a key instead of the name.surname?

I tried using edit issue field and a custom payload but could not manage either.
Furthermore, I obtain this value by reading the comment left by gitlab integration, hence why I only get the name.surname, that coincidentally is always the same as the name of the jira user.

[Davide Santonocito · Accepted solution]

Found the solution by using edit issue instead.

Few notes:
- `Edit issue fields` action can take the user.name but `assign issue` only accepts user.id
- `Edit issue fields` allows the use of smart values, though it is not immediately clear due to the drop down list (just type from keyboard while selecting the field box to use your own smart value)


Here is how the automation looks: