I need help copying the assignee field to a user picker custom field

[Suzanne Seaton]

We want to copy the assignee field to a custom field named 'Responsible User(s)'. Thanks

[Mark Markov]

Hello @Suzanne Seaton

I think you also need to save users that already exist in this field, so script should be like this

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()

// a user custom field
def userCf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Responsible User(s)")

List<ApplicationUser> userAlreadyInCustomField = issue.getCustomFieldValue(userCf)
userAlreadyInCustomField.add(issue.getAssignee())
issue.setCustomFieldValue(userCf, userAlreadyInCustomField)
ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager().updateIssue(issue.getAssignee(), issue, EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED, false)

[Swarna Radha]

 HI @Mark Markov,

I want to set the approver name in to a custom field B (mulitple user picker).

Is this possible?

Thanks

Swarna

[Mark Markov]

Yes is's possible. You can use script above with some modification.

You need getCustomFieldValue() method istead of getAssignee()

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()

// a user custom field
def userCf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Responsible User(s)")
def fieldtoCopy = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("FromFieldName")

List<ApplicationUser> userAlreadyInCustomField = issue.getCustomFieldValue(userCf)
userAlreadyInCustomField.add(issue.getCustomFieldValue(fieldtoCopy))
issue.setCustomFieldValue(userCf, userAlreadyInCustomField)
ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager().updateIssue(issue.getAssignee(), issue, EventDispatchOption.ISSUE_UPDATED, false)

[Suzanne Seaton]

@Mark Markov, thanks so much for trying to help me. Unfortunately I get the following error on line 10 which is your line that states 'List<Application User> userAlreadyInCustomField = issue.getCustomFieldValue(userCf)

Here is the error: cannot assign value of type java.lang.Object to variable of type java.util.List (ApplicationUser)

Thanks

[Mark Markov]

This is static type checking error you can ignore it. It will work :)

[Alvin]

Hi @Mark Markov , code does not working, it returns the error, I am trying to copy the current log in user to a single user pick custom field. How can I do that? Thanks

[M]

Hi,

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder

def currentUser = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()
CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def changeHolder = new DefaultIssueChangeHolder()
def cfMultiSelectUser = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("CC")
def cfMultiSelectUserValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(cfMultiSelectUser)

((java.util.List)cfMultiSelectUserValue).add(currentUser)
cfMultiSelectUser.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(cfMultiSelectUserValue, cfMultiSelectUserValue),changeHolder);

 The above code should have worked.

Regards,
MG

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

There's an example of setting lots of different field types over at https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/jira/recipes/workflow/postfunctions/set-issue-attributes.html

On the section that sets the custom user-picker field, replace the "get user by name" function with a simple issue.getAssignee()

Although, I guess the field may be a multi-user picker.   Assuming you really want to add the assignee, not replace another or destroy the current list, then you will want to get the current value of the customfield (which will be a collection or list), add to it, and then poke the collection back into the field.

[Suzanne Seaton]

Thanks Nic, this is what I tried, and it's not successful:

def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager()
def userUtil = ComponentAccessor.getUserUtil()

// a user custom field
def userCf = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Responsible User(s)")
issue.setCustomFieldValue(userCf, issue.get.Assignee())

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Is the field a multi-user picker?  The name suggests it might be?

[Suzanne Seaton]

Yes, it is a multi-user picker.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ok, so the last paragraph applies, you need to treat it as a list.

[Chander Inguva]

This can be done using script runner or jira suite utilities plugins Suzanne.

[Suzanne Seaton]

Yes, I plan to use script runner (I tagged issue with groovy-script-runner). I need help with my groovy script. I found similar posts where use case was to copy custom field to the assignee field. This is opposite... copy the assignee to custom field. Thanks