Why assignee changed from user name to ID when saving it on a filter?

[Moran Hazan]

Hi,

Anyone knows why my assignee is now IDs and not the actual user names? It's impossible to decipher which each ID means. 

Thanks in advance! 

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Moran,

It is because of GDPR  rules.
you can copy the ID then go to Settings > User Management. 
Select  a user and then paste the copied ID for their ID in the URL and press enter.
It will bring up the person attached to that ID.

[Ste Wright]

Hi @Moran Hazan 

Just to confirm - is it ID when viewing the filter's results? Or just when it's exported? Or somewhere else?

And when you say ID - is this the User ID? Or the unique identifier (which is lots of numbers/characters)?

It'd be good to know the scenario / need to see if we can find an alternate for displaying the name of a user.

Ste

[Moran Hazan]

When I save a filter that includes assignee- which is basically the user, I will open it later and instead of names I see ID

[John Funk]

Exactly - that’s the GDPR rules.

[Ste Wright]

Hi @Moran Hazan 

Ahh - you mean in the query itself rather than the results?

Then yes John is right, it's GDPR related. You can see more information on why this changed on this page - and how this impacted Jira on this page.

Ste