Enable reporter to be whoever triggered the automation

[Michelle Rose]

I have this automation that clones an epic and all its stories under a new epic. How can the automation update the reporter of the new epic to be whoever triggered the automation (its manual) instead of it saying "Automation for Jira"?

[Tim Perrault]

Hi @Michelle Rose 

You could try using the Assign issue action and assign the issue to "User who triggered event".

[Michelle Rose]

@Tim Perrault I want to change the Reporter field though, not the Assignee field

[Tim Perrault]

Oh sorry. I would use the edit issue fields action and edit reporter field. Then use the smart value {{initiator.name}} to have the reporter update to the person that triggered the automation.

[Michelle Rose]

@Tim Perrault Thanks. I tried that and I am seeing Reporter as "Anonymous".

[Tim Perrault]

@Michelle Rose 

Ok finally able to play in my test environment. So on the Create Issue steps, go into that and select reporter from the "Choose fields to set" drop down. Then set {{initiator.name.}} for the reporter field.

[Michelle Rose]

I tried that too, and Reporter still shows "Anonymous", I'll send screenshots

[Michelle Rose]

[Tim Perrault]

@Michelle Rose 

Take away the edit issue fields step if it is still there. I was able to get it to work with the rule below: