Create a sub-task for each user selected in a User Picker field

Use case

Create automatically a sub-task for each selected user in a User Picker (multiple users) field of the transitioned issue.

Configure the type and amount of issues to be created.

Choose Multiple issues based on a text list.

issue?.customfield_10001?.map(u => u.accountId)

with parsing mode set to Jira Expression.

Please, replace this code snippet with the appropriate field code for the User Picker custom field.

The number of elements in the list defines the number of issues to be created.

Choose Selected issue type.

Choose Sub-task.

Choose Current issue.

Configure the fields of the issues to be created.

Enter the following expression

Sub-task for %{jiraExpression("new User(\"" + %{seed.text} + "\").displayName")}

with parsing mode set to General.

To enrich the issue with further information, you might want to add a short description.

In order to assign each issue to a different member of the User Picker custom field, use the following expression

%{seed.text}

with the parsing mode set to General.

Use case	Workflow function	Parser functions	Complexity
Create an issue in the current project	Create issue		BEGINNER
Create an issue with a summary to check for attachment type	Create issue	matches()	INTERMEDIATE
Create a simple sub-task	Create issue		BEGINNER
Create a story in an Epic	Create issue		BEGINNER
Create a sub-task for each component	Create issue	toStringList() getMatchingValue()	BEGINNER
Create a sub-task for each user selected in a User Picker field	Create issue	jiraExpression()	BEGINNER
Create a sub-task for high priority issues	Create issue		INTERMEDIATE
Create a sub-task linked to issues with a specific priority	Create issue		INTERMEDIATE
Create a sub-task mentioning the assignee when a high priority task is ready for review	Create issue		BEGINNER
Create multiple sub-tasks with different summaries and descriptions	Create issue	nthElement()	INTERMEDIATE
Create two sub-tasks when a user story is being approved	Create issue		INTERMEDIATE