Can an automation rule be used to update component lead?

[ihe]

Hi!

Is there a way to use an automation rule to trigger an update of component lead? My plan was to create a scheduled rule that runs every 7 days where the rule updates component lead. I cannot seem to do that. Is there a way I wonder?

[Alexis Robert]

Hi @ihe , 

you could do this using the "Send web request" action in Automation, and sending an API request to your component : https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-components/#api-rest-api-3-component-id-put

I takes a bit of work to get it working but this way you can update the component lead.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

[ihe]

Hi Alexis and thanks for the reply. I was hoping for a solution within jira, i.e. not involving any sending but I will absolutely look into this!

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @ihe 

It appears that feature idea is in the Code Barrel backlog as a suggested improvement:

https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/AUT-940

Until that gets implemented, the REST API approach Alexis noted would work.  Here is an article describing how to implement that:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828

Best regards,

Bill