How to send emails to members of group(s) selected in the multi-group picker field

This article provides the code snippet to send emails to users in the group(s) selected in a multi-group picker field in the Email issue (JMWE app) post-function.

Instructions

1. Navigate to the intended workflow to make the necessary changes in the edit mode.

2. Select the required transition.

3. Add the Email issue (JMWE app) post-function.

4. Add:
   Email content: Enter Subject, Text Body as needed.
   Recipients: Enter the following in Users from script:

   def users = []
   def groupManager = ComponentAccessor.getGroupManager()
   def groups = issue.get("customfield_12300")
   for (group in groups) {
     for(user in groupManager.getUsersInGroup(group))
   	users.add(user)
   }
   return users?.unique()

   
   Replace 12300 with the id of the multi-group picker custom field.

Publish the workflow to apply the changes as configured.

References

• issue variable

• Accessing the fields of an issue