Assign important issues to the project lead

Use case

In the following use case the issue gets automatically assigned to the project lead, if the priority was set to Highest.

🛠️ Configuration

Add the Update or copy field values post function to the desired transition or create a new transition.

You might want to add the post function to the create transition of the workflow so that the post function gets executed every time a new issue is created.

Target issue

Choose Current issue

Fields

Choose Assignee

Value

In the popup, choose the value Set field value manually (parser expression)

Expression

Set it to Basic text and use the following expression

%{issue.project.lead}

Conditional execution

%{issue.priority} = "Highest"

By using this conditional execution, the assignee will only be updated, if the priority was set to Highest.

User

Choose Current user

📷 Screenshots

Use case	Workflow function	Parser functions
Prioritize the issues globally	Update or copy field values	indexOf() previousValue() issuesFromJQL()
Automatically fill an insight custom field after a transition	Update or copy field values
Create an internal Service Management comment on linked issues	Update or copy field values
Set a date on the same week day on alternate weeks	Update or copy field values	addDays() nextDayOfTheWeek() modulus() weekOfTheYear() datePart()
Set a Date Picker field to the nth day of the month	Update or copy field values	dayOfTheMonth() lastDayOfTheMonth() addDays()
Set the next fix version	Update or copy field values	floor() toNumber() substring() length()
Set fix version based on its start and release date	Update or copy field values	toString() textOnStringList() unreleasedVersions() startDates() releaseDates() first()
Set Due Date with latest value among sub-tasks	Update or copy field values	fieldValue() max() siblingSubtasks()
Assign important issues to the project lead	Update or copy field values
Shorten the summary to a maximum number of characters	Update or copy field values	substring() length()
Match several values of a list	Update or copy field values	toString() distinct() filterByPredicate()
Assign issue to current user	Update or copy field values
Keep parent issue's priority in sync	Update or copy field values
Set assignee based on a former assignee	Update or copy field values	previousValue()
Add watchers ignoring inactive users	Update or copy field values	usersInGroup() isActive() toString() filterByPredicate()
Add days skipping weekends and holidays to a Date Picker field	Update or copy field values	addTime()
Keep track of important status updates	Update or copy field values Fields required or changed	dateTimeToString()
Change the assignee to the next evaluator	Update or copy field values	first() toStringList()
Add or remove request participants	Update or copy field values