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Hi,
I created an automation to comment an issue when status changes to "Reopen". I used smart values for users: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/smart-values-users/
But the end result is a plain text comment. How can I actually mention those users, so they are notified as well?
Thanks!
Gui.
Hi GUI - can you share the rule you have so far?
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@John Funk Sorry, wrong link.
Here the image.
This is the message that appear as a new comment:
{{reporter.displayName}} e {{assignee.displayName}}, essa issue foi reaberta por {{initiator.displayName}}.
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Try this for the text to show up:
{{issue.reporter.displayName}} and {{issue.assignee.displayName}}
Then send and email to the reporter and assignee.
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Sorry @John Funk , I did not understand.
Send an email? What I am trying to do is to create an automatic comment that mentions the user, so they are notified. The comment created via automation is currently in plain text. The mention does not work.
Thanks!
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That is why you can send an email in the same rule so that they are notified - it does not have to be a mention for an email to go.
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Hi there,
To mention from a comment, please try:
[~accountid:{{issue.assignee.accountId}}]
If you need to mention a specific person, you will need their id value, which you can get from performing a search or looking at their profile info.
[~accountid:thePersonsIdNumber]
Best regards,
Bill
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@John Funk But users see notifications inside Jira application, not on email. What I am trying to avoid is sending emails for Jira notifications. That's why I am trying to mention users in comments...
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@Bill Sheboy Wow, that is really complicated. If we are commenting an issue and using smart values for user names, shouldn't Jira mention those users?
Am I missing something here, or this does not make sense?
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Hi @Gui Ávila
Well...That is how I know to use smart values perform a mention at this time. I would welcome any guidance if someone has found a simpler way to do this from the automation rules.
Remember that when we are inside a rule, we don't have the intellisense/type-ahead search to find a user (as when typing in a comment directly). We need to reference a dynamically changing user identity from either the fields in the issue, or hard-coded.
__Bill
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Help! I can't see that / how you solved this. I want to mention a user (which I can do with issuefields) but it needs to be a mention so that it notifies the user they need to see the issue. Also it needs the key (as a link) in the email notification. Tried using email but then it comes from 'automation for jira' instead of jira and just confuses the user.
Currenly using: {{issue.fields.Manager.displayName}} This travel request {{issue.key}} for {{reporter.displayName}} needs your approval
but it isn't a mention. I can't grab their actual id value in a rule.
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Hey @Paula Manildi ,
@Bill Sheboy Said above how to do it:
Hi there,
To mention from a comment, please try:
[~accountid:{{issue.assignee.accountId}}]
If you need to mention a specific person, you will need their id value, which you can get from performing a search or looking at their profile info.
[~accountid:thePersonsIdNumber]
Best regards,
Bill
:)
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Thanks, it got lost in the noise! Using this worked!
[~accountid:{{issue.fields.Manager.accountId}}] This travel request {{issue.key}} for {{reporter.displayName}} needs your approval
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I have this working: [~accountid:{{issue.assignee.accountId}}]
And this working: [~accountid:thePersonsIdNumber]
to tag an individual
How does one tag a group in a comment?
I have tried:
[~groupid:<GroupID>]
and
[~group:<GroupID>]
and
[~groups:<GroupID>]
each fail
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Mentioning a group is not possible yet, and here is the suggestion to add that feature: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-75999
Two possible work-arounds, one more brittle and one slower:
Kind regards,
Bill
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For me, [~accountid:{{issue.assignee.accountId}}] looks like it has mentioned someone in the comment - that is, the user name gets markup that looks like they've been mentioned in a comment, but there still is no email notification to the user that they've been mentioned in a comment like there would be if I had "@" someone manually.
For example, this comment was posted successfully using [~accountid:{{issue.assignee.accountId}}] from an automations rule, but I never got any indication that I was mentioned, either by email, or in Jira:
But if select and copy the comment that Automation for Jira posts, and re-post it in the comments section manually I will get a notification
Is anyone actually getting the "you were mentioned" emails like the below, when it is an automated comment post? I can't figure out why I don't get them. The whole point of commenting with an @ is so the user will be alerted...
Any assistance is appreciated.
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