Assign to role member

A workflow post-function that assigns the current issue to the default member of a selected project role.

Want to add this post-function? Click here to see how..

To add Assign to role member post-function to a transition:

Click Edit for the workflow that has the transition you wish to configure the post-function on.
In the Workflow Designer, select the transition.
Click on Post Functions in the properties panel.
Click on Add post function.
Select Assign to role member from the list of post-functions.
Click on Add to configure the post-function on the transition.
Select the project role from the Project Role drop-down.
Select the options provided to add required parameters.
Click on Add to add the post-function to the transition.

For information on where the post-function needs to be placed on a transition, see Placing post-functions on a transition.

When you add this post-function to a transition and trigger the transition, the add-on checks for the default member of the selected Project Role. If such member is found, it assigns the issue to the fetched user. If not, the issue is assigned to a random member of the selected Project Role. If there are multiple default members, a random member is picked and the issue is assigned to the picked user.

Works best if you have only one user in the selected Project Role.

If you want a specific user to be picked, you must either use the User Property trick (explained below) or use a more specific Role (one that contains only a single user).

Since JIRA does not support the notion of a default member for project roles, the Assign to role member function identifies the default member of a project role by going through all the members of the project role looking for a User Property with the following two characteristics:

Property key: defaultAssignee
Property value: contains a comma-separated list of entries in the form ProjectKey -> *RoleName. *For example:

TST -> Developers, JMWE -> Testers

For backward compatibility, the following two forms are also supported:

Property Key: {ProjectName}x{RoleName} (for example: CoolProjectxQAMembers)
Property value: "default" (without the quotes)

Or: (since 1.5.3)

Property Key: defaultAssignee{n} (where n is a number from 1 up, for example: defaultAssignee1)
Property value: {ProjectName}x{RoleName} (for example: CoolProjectxQAMembers)

Customize this post-function using the additional options provided as a part of the post-function. The options are:

Force assignment (default)

Forcibly assigns the issue to the default 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 default member of the selected Project Role only when the user selects Automatic in the Assignee field on the Transition screen. If not the issue stays with the current assignee.

Use selected assignee only if member of required role

Assigns the issue to the member selected on the Transition screen, only if the member belongs to the selected Project role. If not, it assigns the issue to the default member of the selected Project role.

Use selected assignee if changed on the transition screen

Assigns the issue to the default role member of the selected Project Role only when either the assignee is not changed on the Transition screen or Automatic is selected in the Assignee field. If not the issue is assigned to the selected assignee on the transition screen.

Conditional execution

To execute this post-function based on the result of a groovy expression see Conditional execution using Groovy expression.

Refer Use cases for post-functions page for use cases for this post-function.