How to automize watcher from selecting a select list?

[Angel Casas]

How can I automatically assign a watching from a select list?

[Mike Rathwell]

Hi @Angel Casas 

I am assuming you want to add watchers to a given issue depending on a pre-defined list of those you want to add and select from a transition screen. You could create a simple radio button (or multi select if you want to add several), place it on a transition screen, and have a post function populate the Watchers from that custom field.

That said, perhaps a better idea is to see if you can systematically set the watchers. For example a given issue type and component pair might mean "human A" needs to be on the watchers. Using a variety of plugins (such as Jira Misc Workflow Extensions) you could conditionally set watchers without the user having to do a thing. This is usually my approach as it ensures that it's done... right...