Force the reporter field to default to current user when creating an issue

[Mark Lembo]

Is there a way to force the "reporter" field to default to the current user when a user is creating an issue?

[Renjith Pillai]

Just remove the reporter field in the create screen. It will default to the current user.

[JamieA]

Even if it's on the the screen it should default to the current user. Perhaps the O/P means the assignee...?

[Renjith Pillai]

Yeah, right.

[Mark Lembo]

Wow, I feel foolish. I didn't even think to go down that route, simply because in an older version of JIRA I had been using on a previous project the default settings were that the field would appear on the create issue page, and default to the current user. Ultimately, I performed your suggestion and it worked perfect. Thanks again.