Can I lock the ASSIGNEE field?

[Eitan yomtovian]

Hello,

Is there an option to "lock" the Assignee field so that only I and the administrators can edit this field?

Thanks,

Eitan.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You can, but only in limited ways.

First, you say "Administrators and myself" - you can do that in permissions.

The second option is to use workflow properties - if you add jira permission properties to status, you can remove the right for some people to (re)assign the issue while it is in that status.

[Eitan yomtovian]

Hi Nic,

Do you mean settings for these permissions?
What is the difference between the 2 permissions in the attached photo?

Thanks,

Eitan

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes. 

• The assignable user is the people who can be assigned an issue (so the people who appear in the assignee field drop-down)
• The people with assign issue can change the assignee of an issue

These are not directly complementary permissions, but they do work on the same field.  You can have people who can only assign issues, but not select themselves, and others who can be assigned issues, but not change who the assignee is.

[Ann]

Hi Eitan,

Can you see if this community link answers your query?

Regards,

Anuja

[Eitan yomtovian]

Hi Anuja,

I can't use ScriptRunner becuase I use JIRA-CLOUD.

There is another soloution?

Thanks,

Eitan,