Example:Â Copy the value of a user property into a user picker
We are using your Jira Workflow Toolbox plugin, and would like the ability to use the post-function Read user property to copy a value into a user picker field.. For example we have the user's manager stored as a user property, and we would like to copy that into a custom user picker field for use in certain workflows.
You have to use post-function Read user property. This post-function allows you to read a user property, but doesn't let you copy the value directly into a user picker. As a workaround you can use auxiliary field "Ephemeral string 1" as temporary storage, and then post-function Copy parsed text to a field to copy its value into the desired user picker custom field. Next version of the plugin (2.0.25) will enable post-function Read user property to copy the value directly into a user picker among other many types of custom fields and virtual fields.
We use post-function Read user property to copy the value of user property "Manager" in current user (logged user) into virtual field "Ephemeral string 1":
We use post-function Copy parsed text to a field the value in "Ephemeral string 1" into a user picker custom field "Authorizer":
Once configured, the transition looks like this:
Other examples of that function
- Add all assignees of certain sub-task types to a "Multi-User Picker" custom field
- Add and remove a single or a set of items from multi valued fields
- Add current user to comment
- Add or remove request participants
- Add watchers from a part of the issue summary: "Summary_text - watcher1, watcher2, watcher3, ..."
- Assign issue based on the value of a Cascading Select custom field
- Assign issue to last user who executed a certain transition in the workflow
- Automatically close resolved sub-tasks when parent issue is closed
- Automatically reopen parent issue when one of its sub-tasks is reopened
- Calculate the time elapsed between 2 transition executions
- Close parent issue when all sub-tasks are closed
- Combine the values of several Multi-User picker fields
- Compose a parsed text including the "full name" or a user selected in a User Picker custom field
- Compose dynamic text by inserting field values in a text template
- Copy issue labels to a custom field
- Copy the value of a user property into a user picker
- Create a comment in sub-tasks when parent transitions
- Execute transition in epic
- Getting the number of selected values in a custom field of type Multi Select
- Limit the number of hours a user can log per day
- Make a sub-task's status match parent issue's current status on creation
- Make parent issue progress through its workflow
- Moving story to "In Progress" when one of its sub-tasks is moved to "In Progress"
- Moving story to "Ready for QA" once all its sub-tasks are in "Ready for QA" status
- Parse Email adresses to watchers list
- Parsing text from last comment and appending it to issue's summary
- Remove versions selected in a version picker custom field
- Replace certain issue link types with different ones
- Restrict parent issue from closing if it has sub-tasks that were created during a given parent issue status
- Set a Select or Multi-Select field using regular expression to express the values to be assigned
- Set assignee depending on issue type
- Set field depending on time passed since issue creation
- Set priority for issues that have been in a certain status for longer than 24 hours
- Set security level based on groups and project roles the reporter or creator are in
- Transition linked issues in currently active sprint
- Transition only a sub-task among several ones
- Transition parent issue only when certain issue sub-task types are done
- Update Cascading Select custom field with a value of the field in parent issue
- Update checkboxes custom field if a file has been attached during a transition
- Validation on issue attachments
- Validation on MIME types of issue attachments
- Writing a comment to blocked issues when blocking issues are resolved
