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Auto-assign issues in Jira

When a Jira issue gets created, often it does not have an assignee by default. With this template, ensure that issues are assigned to whoever created them.

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The automation recipe
The automation recipe

Step 1: Choose your trigger

The trigger kicks off your automation rule. In this case, the trigger is when: ‘Issue Created’. This means that whenever an issue is created in Jira, automation will start listening.

Choosing issue created

Step 2: Add your condition

A condition refines the rule so it won’t act too broadly. For this rule, we are going to use the ‘User condition'.

In the dropdown box under ‘field’ choose ‘assignee’. In the dropdown box under condition, choose ‘is empty’. If you ever get confused, just say it aloud. “If the assignee is empty.” You can get much more granular with your conditions but we will keep it simple for this example.

Adding user condition

Step 3: Add an action

Every rule finishes with an action. This is what actually executes the rule and does something in Jira (or externally).

In this case, choose the ‘Assign issue’ action. The default setting for this action is to assign to whoever triggered the event so we leave it as is. However, you could specify a person, group, field or more.

Adding assign issue

Step 4: Test it!

Now you can simply go into a sample project, create a new issue and automation will assign it to you. Many people have personal Jira instances or projects to test their rules first. You can follow everything that happens in the audit log. Give it a go now!

The automation recipe

Resources to help

How to test/debug your automation rule

More about smart auto-assigning

One page with all helpful Jira automation resources

Jira automation Youtube channel

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