Send Slack message to Jira issue assignee

[Callum Carlile _Automation Consultants_]

Hi all,

I've got a workflow transition where you select the assignee and an option from a checkbox field on a transition screen. As soon as this screen is submitted and the issue transitions, I would like to send a Slack DM to said assignee (ideally with the checkbox value selected also, but no worries if not). It seems like it should be simple, but I can't seem to crack it.

I've tried so many different methods from Atlassian and Slack documentation but nothing seems to be working for me - I can only seem to send the notification to specific channels or to a set user, but I want this to send the DM's dynamically so that whoever is the assignee of the issue will receive a DM in slack. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!

[Daniel Eads]

Hey Callum,

You could use Automation for this - with some considerations:

• The Slack IDs need to be synced as user properties in Jira - here's an article and script for doing that 
• The Automation rule trigger would be the status change. This would be configured in Automation rather than in the workflow itself (slight difference in where it's set up)
• In the "Channel or user" field at the bottom of the Automation action that sends a Slack message, you can use a smart value 

  @{{issue.assignee.properties.metadata.slack_id}}

  to send the direct message. The message body itself can have the value of your checkbox, also using a smart value

Hope that helps! I think this is a do-able message with the assistance of the user properties for Automation to pull from.

Cheers,
Daniel

[Karl Hamilton]

Hello Daniel, thanks for your feedback, is there a way of doing this without a webhook URL? as it insists on one and i don't want to bother users of a slack channel with direct messages to others

[Daniel Eads]

Hey @Karl Hamilton ,

The "channel or user" field does override the default channel in the webhook, despite having to choose one when actually setting the webhook up. For example, using a webhook URL associated with #general and then putting a smart value in the "channel or user" field, no message is actually sent to #general. It's a bit counterintuitive!