Set Assignee when creating Issue with scriptrunner

[Krishnanand Nayak]

how do i set the assignee when creating the issue with scriptrunner. The current code looks like this:

manualInputParameters.with {
            projectId = project.id
            summary = "${event.version.name} | Regression | Manual"
            description = "Auto Generated Test Plan for ${event.version.name}. This Test Plan will have all the Manual and Powershell Test Cases"
            issueTypeId = newIssueTypePlan.id
            reporterId = user.name
        }        
manualInputParameters = manualInputParameters.setComponentIds(11700)        manualInputParameters = manualInputParameters.setFixVersionIds(vers.getId()
manualInputParameters = manualInputParameters.setPriorityId("3")        
manualInputParameters = manualInputParameters.addCustomFieldValue("customfield_12618",bDate)        
manualInputParameters = manualInputParameters.addCustomFieldValue("customfield_12619",eDate)
manualInputParameters = manualInputParameters.setAssigneeId(userManager.getUserByName("username").getKey())

[Marc Minten (EVS)]

why do you pass the key, why not the id ?

[Krishnanand Nayak]

tried everything. still it doesn't work