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Assign or un-assign the issue currently being processed to/from a specific user.

Assign issue configuration

Below you will find a detailed description of each parameter needed to configure the action.

Assignee*

Select the assignee for the issue.

List of options for assignee
  • Unassigned
  • Selected User
  • Automatic
  • User in Project Role

Additional options

Enable email notifications

Choose whether an email notification should be sent according to the applicable notification scheme or not.

Ignore Assign Issues permission

When selected the Assign Issues project permission will be ignored.

Ignore Assignable User permission

When selected the Assignable User project permissions will be ignored.


Use cases

Use caseAutomated actionUse case descriptionComplexity
Re-assign issues and leave a comment

Add comment

Assign issue

Assign all issues from a user on vacation to another user and add a comment to inform the team.

BEGINNER

Update assignee and reporter to facilitate user deletion

Add comment

Assign issue

Update field

To facilitate deleting a user account, all issues will be reassigned and the reporter changed to avoid potential problems when deleting the user.

INTERMEDIATE

Assign an issue to the last assignee on a transition

Assign issue

When an issue is transitioned to the DRAFT status, the issue will be automatically re-assigned to the last assignee from the project role "Developers".

BEGINNER

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