Add something to user name

[Corinna Führing]

Hello, can and if yes how can i add something to a user name (for example the department he is working in). Can i do this ?

[Evan Golden]

I would not mess with the username at all.  I would create a separate custom field that put their department number in the requests/issues/tickets.

[Deleted user]

I would not mess up the JIRA Usernames, I would like them be in a uniformed format. I will however, update the Display Name via an automated way (Jonas' answer) or by manually updating it (Vasiliy's answer).

[Corinna Führing]

thanks,, what exactly it the Display name and where can i update it ?

[Deleted user]

In the User Management screen, this is the "Full Name" column. This is the one that is being used in the JIRA issue view screen for JIRA accounts.

[Corinna Führing]

ah ok so you mean i should add any information regarding the users to their "Full Name " ?

[Deleted user]

Yep. I have seen a lot of JIRA admins have done that. Like: Gabrielle Bautista (Financial) Gabrielle Bautista (Marketing) Gabrielle Bautista (Security) Gabrielle Bautista (Legal)

[Corinna Führing]

ok thanks a lot !!!!!!

[Jonas Andersson]

Assuming you would like to automate it and have a list of usernames with department name, you could generate a bunch of queries that update the cwd_user table reading out the old username, appending the department and run an update query (display names are in the column "display_name" on MySQL installs of Jira).

[Vasiliy Zverev]

Admin console -> users -> user -> edit.

[Deleted user]

Why would you like to do it?  What would you like to achieve?

[Corinna Führing]

well one teammember is getting confused with all the new names and asked me for it..but i do not yet know if i do it since i think a lot of work to keep this updated always, since teammembers change also.......

[Jonas Andersson]

It can all be automated to make sure it keeps it all up to date by automagic. I would create a crontab that loops through all usernames in AD, stores username, full name and department in strings and then runs an update on the database once a day or week, offloading all this work and clicking to a simple script.

[Corinna Führing]

Hello, why would you not mee with username or full names (not usernames)..what is the inconvienience ?

[Vasiliy Zverev]

I can not understan what does it mean.

[Corinna Führing]

hello i mean , what would be the risk if i add something to the names ? ( Full names)

[Vasiliy Zverev]

I have changed both of it several times for users and haven't faced any trouble.

[Deleted user]

Full Names are just for display, nothing else will be affected. All issues assigned to them will still be assigned to them. Their accounts privileges will stay as is.

[Corinna Führing]

ok thanks so i will do it thanks