Can I assign a component to a project that will auto add that component to the project tickets

[Dorothy Paredes]

I would like to associate a component to a Project where every ticket that is created within that Project will automatically have the Project component added at creation. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That seems somewhat unneccessary.  If all issues in a project have the same component, then you already know that they have something in common because they're part of the project.

You will need some code to do this though.  A simple post-function that adds the component if the user has not already done it on create.

[Dorothy Paredes]

Thanks Nic for the quick answer, much appreciated.

Def understand what you mean on the necessity, to give a little context, we have a team of IC's where the team works on/develops several initiatives, each of those initiatives have their own Jira Projects to track work. We have categorized those projects to Groupings which is why I was wanting to be able to auto add a component when a ticket is created because the component would be applicable to more than one Project.

Thanks again,

Dorothy

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ok, it's always good to hear why people are trying to do something, as it can lead to other ideas!

Have you used Project Categories?  Each project can put into a category, and that might be easier for you than adding components.

You can search for issues on projects by saying "Category = xxx" as well, which may well also work better than components

Components belong to projects and are separate entities, even when named the same - if you had a component called "penguin" and you added it in three projects, your search for it would have to read "component in (penguin, penguin, penguin)"

[Dorothy Paredes]

Hi Nic, we do have project categories, thanks for the tip on searching for issues using the category as well has how I would have to set up the search if we had components, I did realize I would have to list it per project ... good to know. Thanks!