Editing the Approvers field using automation

[Marcus Jones]

I have a specific project where the user that submits the Jira ticket will need to confirm via an approval before the issue is closed. I want to use automation to take the user that is the reporter and make them the approver as well but I'm struggling to get it to cooperate. Any ideas?

[Mykenna Cepek]

It's actually a bit subtle. The user interface here for Automation is a bit clunky. It looks like there are only a few drop-down menu choices (like "Copy from issue", "Copy from parent", etc). But you can also type in a smart value:

[Marcus Jones]

interesting, I guess I didn't have to create the variable after all, just plug in the smart value. Thanks!

[Marcus Jones]

OH MY GOODNESS! I realized what I was doing wrong immediately after I posted this! I ended up creating a variable with the {{issue.reporter}} and using that to set the approver.