Set text field value to user select field

[İclal Aslan]

Hi,

Is there a way for me to set user select field from a text field.

Lets say if a text field says : İclal Aslan is there a way for me to set a user field to İclal Aslan?

[David Fischer · Accepted solution]

Hi @İclal Aslan 

You can indeed use JMWE's Set Issue Fields post function for that, with a value like:

{{ issue.fields['Custom text field'] | findUsers | first | field("accountId") }}

However, as Dick mentioned, this is not super reliable, especially if you have users with similar names.  

[İclal Aslan]

this worked perfectly thank you!!

[Dick · Accepted solution]

Hi @İclal Aslan , 

Yes there is, though with an automation that uses the text entry to find a user by their .displayname

Atlassian on smart values with user properties

It's better though to have a userpicker custom field instead of the text field to avoid typos in the name.

Hope this helps,

Dick

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[İclal Aslan]

Can i use jmwe plugin for this? automation has limit so if possible using jmwe would be a life saver!

thanks.

[Dick]

JMWE uses the same smart values as Jira, so I expect it to work for you. I'm not a 100% sure, as I'm not familiar with JMWE though.

:)

Dick

[İclal Aslan]

thank you! :)