Force a different assignee than current when transitioning

[Benjamin Charbit]

Hey Jira community,

Using Automation, I'd like to create a rule that forces my developers to assign the story to a different team member than themselves when they completed their work so it can be reviewed.

So far I haven't found how to.

Thanks a lot!

[Thorsten Letschert _Decadis AG_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Benjamin Charbit ,

What you're going to need here is a workflow validator. Please try the following:

Head over to your transition of interest. Make sure a transition screen is set with the assignee field present (optionally create a new screen for this).  Add a 'Field has been modified Validator' for the assignee field (optionally provide a meaningful error message).

Cheers
Thorsten

[Benjamin Charbit]

So I just set it up as you can see:

But unfortunately, when I keep myself as assignee the transition is still happening. Any idea? thanks!

[Benjamin Charbit]

Ok I'm in an idiot. I didn't see the exemption lol. It works now!

[Thorsten Letschert _Decadis AG_]

Glad to hear it works now. Welcome to the world of workflow customization. 😄

[Alex Fox]

As the other messages mention, this requires a workflow validator. However, I suggest using the "Separation of Duties" validator as it is for specifically this purpose.

Thanks

[Benjamin Charbit]

I'm afraid that SoD does not solve my need. SoD prevents the current assignee to execute the transition if I understand correctly. While what I want I want is that the assignee who completed the story is able to perform the transition but MUST pick a new assignee. Thanks a lot for your help :)

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Hi @Benjamin Charbit !

You can create a post function on that specific transition (e.g. from In Progress to UAT) and assign it to a specific user

Unless you want something else, like a validator.

Let me know and we'll take it from there!

Cheers,
Alex

[Benjamin Charbit]

Thanks. I want the developer who completed the story to be able to pick who he/she wants to review the said story. So I need to be more flexible. 
What I want is to make sure that the "assignee" of the story HAS changed.

Thanks :)

[Benjamin Charbit]

Thanks a lot for your answer. Trying