Automation rule - which property will return the name of the person that updated Summary field

[Maia Reshef]

I know how to return the creator or assignee names, but what if someone changed the description or the value of the SP field? which property will return the name of that person?

[Ste Wright · Accepted solution]

Hi @Maia Reshef 

It depends on the rule.

If the edit to the Issue triggers the rule, you could use the smart value {{initiator}} - which locates the user who caused the rule to trigger

If it's just last user to update the Issue but it's not part of the trigger (eg. a Scheduled Trigger) - I'm not sure there's a direct smart value for this.

But you could...

• Create a custom User Picker field - Last Updated By
• Use an Automation Rule to populate it each time an Issue is updated
• Reference this field in other Automation Rules - i.e {{issue.Last Updated By}} 

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Note: These smart values provide the User's ID - to make it their name it would be {{initiator.displayName}}, etc. For more information on user smart values, see this help page.

Ste

[Maia Reshef]

Hi Stephen,

Many thanks! it works  :-)