Assign to last role member (Deprecated)

Owned by Daniel Barrow
Aug 24, 2023
2 min read

This post-function has been deprecated and replaced by Assign Issue. It could be removed at any time. You can still use it, but it is highly recommended that you update any workflows that use this post-function.

A workflow post-function that assigns the current issue to the last assignee who belongs to a selected project role.

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on looks for the last assignee (excluding the current user) of the issue who belongs to the selected Project Role. If such a member is found, it assigns the issue to that user. If not, the Assignee field is not modified. By default, while searching for the last assignee belonging to the selected Project Role, the current assignee and the reporter are not considered.

To add the 'Assign to last role member' post function to a transition: 

  1. Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to add the post-function on.

  2. In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.

  3. Click on Post Functions in the properties panel.

  4. Click on Add post function.

  5. Select Assign to last role member from the list of post-functions.

  6. Click on Add to add the post-function on the transition.

  7. Select the project role from the Project Role drop-down.

  8. Select the options provided to add the required parameters.

  9. Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.

Note you need to publish the workflow for the new post-function to take effect.

Options 

  • Include Reporter

If no previous assignee belonging to the selected Project Role was found, and the reporter belongs to the selected Project Role, then the issue is assigned to the reporter.

  • Include Current Assignee

If the current assignee belongs to the selected Project Role, then the issue stays with the current assignee.

  • Skip Inactive Users

The inactive users are skipped while searching for the last user of the selected Project Role.

Action

Customize the assignment using the below actions:

  • Force assignment (default) - Forcibly assigns the issue to the last role member of the selected Project Role. In this case, any user selected in the Assignee field on the Transition screen (if any) is ignored.

  • Only if "Automatic" - Assigns the issue to the last role member of the selected Project Role only if the user selects Automatic in the Assignee field on the Transition screen.

  • Use selected assignee if changed on the transition screen - Assigns the issue to the last role member of the selected Project Role only if the assignee is not changed (or set to Automatic) on the Transition screen.

Conditional execution

Error Handling

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