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One of the most important changes, is that user references like for reporter, assignee, lead, etc...., must now be done using the Atlassian account id (this is unique user key) associated with the user or the user's full display name or substitute. A substitute could be the user's email address but only if that user has chosen to publicly share that address. Using the account id is the most efficient, otherwise, a lookup needs to be done to convert the name to their actually actual Atlassian account id. Script writers should user use account ids whenever possible. User Identification has a bit more on this topic.
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Platform rollouts expected to started start late in May , 2019. See Atlassian information for the latest from them on this topic.
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One of the most important changes , is that user references like for author and similar , must now be done using the Atlassian account id (a unique id) associated with the user or the user's full display name or substitute. A substitute could be the user's email address but only if that user has chosen to publicly share that address. Using the account id is the most efficient, otherwise, a lookup needs to be done to convert the name to their actually actual Atlassian account id. Script writers should user use account ids whenever possible. User Identification has a bit more on this topic.
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