Assign the issue to a specific user if the issue is unassigned in Nunjucks

Abstract

This code snippet assigns the issue to a specific user if the issue is unassigned.

Logic

Check for a value on the Assignee and based on the result, assign the issue to a specific user

Snippet

{% if issue.fields.assignee %}
{{ <Application User Object or String representing a Username> }}
{% endif %}

Placeholders

 Select "Treat as JSON" when the script returns a user object

Examples

{% if issue.fields.assignee %}
{{ issue.fields.reporter.name }}
{% endif %}

{% if issue.fields.assignee %}
{{ issue.fields.project.lead }}
{% endif %}

Context

You would typically use this code:

• To set a User picker field in :
  • one of the Set Field Value post-functions
  • one of the Transition issue post-functions on the transition screen, if any
  • the Create issue post-function under Set fields of new issue section
• To include the User in the
  • Comment in one of the Comment issue post-functions
  • Subject/HTML body/Text body of Email issue post-function
  • JQL search expression of Link issues current to issue
• In a conditional execution script to
  • Run a post-function for a specific user
  • Unlink issues with a specific user

Use cases

A typical use case would be to assign the issue to the Project lead if it is unassigned - Assign the issue to the Project lead, if the issue is unassigned on creation

Reference

• How to insert information using Nunjucks annotations

• Treat value as JSON

• Accessing JIRA Standard fields

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