Default assignee based on epic assignee

[Stine Føns Nielsen]

Hey guys, 

Is it possible to get the default assignee when creating a new issue to copy the epic assignee? 

/Stine

[Liam Green · Accepted solution]

Hi @Stine Føns Nielsen 

Welcome to the Community!

Yes - that would be possible with Automation for Jira.  The below link will give you the basics of what you need and how it works - but if you're struggling then reply back and I'll see if I can help further:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-articles/Welcome-to-the-Jira-automation-community/ba-p/1388465

Hope that helps, 

Regards, Liam

[Stine Føns Nielsen]

Hey @Liam Green ,

Thanks for the welcome and the fast response. 

I'll check it out! 

/Stine

[Liam Green]

No problem!  The Community is a really friendly place and we're always happy to help.

Feel free to mark my answer as accepted if it has solved your issue

[Stine Føns Nielsen]

For future users I found a lot of help to this specific case here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Auto-Assign-a-user-based-on-Epic/qaq-p/1325497