Add or remove request participants

Use case

In the following use case it is explained how to add or remove request participants from the field Request participants after executing a transition.

Configuration

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

Target issue

Choose Current issue

Field

Choose Request participants

Value

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

If you want to remove all participants, you can select Clear field value instead and skip the next step.

Use one of the following expressions.

Expressions for a fixed set of participants

Set the expression editor to Basic text and use any the following expressions depending on your preference.

Expressions
If you want to overwrite all existing request participants and add a fix set of new participants, use a comma separated list of usernames. user.one, user.two, user.three
If you want to add a fix set of new participants to the existing ones, use a comma separated list of usernames preceded by a plus + sign. + user.four, user.five, user.six If you use prefix - you will remove this set of users instead of appending them.
If you want to overwrite all existing request participants and add users in a group instead, simply write the name of the group. jira-users
If you want to add users in a group to the existing ones, write the name of the group preceded by a plus sign. + jira-users

Expressions for users contained in a User Picker field

Set the expression editor to Basic text and use any the following expressions depending on your preference.

Expressions

If you want to set the field with users in a User Picker or Multi User Picker custom field overwriting the existing ones, simply write the field code.

%{issue.cf10001}

If you want to add users in a User Picker or Multi User Picker custom field to the existing ones, write the field code preceded by a plus + sign.

+ %{issue.cf20002}

Related use cases

Use case	Workflow function	Parser functions
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Assign important issues to the project lead	Update or copy field values
Assign issue to current user	Update or copy field values
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Change the assignee to the next evaluator	Update or copy field values	first() toStringList()
Create an internal Service Management comment on linked issues	Update or copy field values
Keep parent issue's priority in sync	Update or copy field values
Keep track of important status updates	Update or copy field values Fields required or changed	dateTimeToString()
Match several values of a list	Update or copy field values	toString() distinct() filterByPredicate()
Prioritize the issues globally	Update or copy field values	indexOf() previousValue() issuesFromJQL()
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 assignee based on a former assignee	Update or copy field values	previousValue()
Set Due Date with latest value among sub-tasks	Update or copy field values	fieldValue() max() siblingSubtasks()
Set fix version based on its start and release date	Update or copy field values	toString() textOnStringList() unreleasedVersions() startDates() releaseDates() first()
Set the next fix version	Update or copy field values	floor() toNumber() substring() length()
Shorten the summary to a maximum number of characters	Update or copy field values	substring() length()

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