Postfunction to clone issue and then set Assignee as the Reporter of source issue

[Duane Cronkite]

I need to figure out the correct code to set Assignee as the Reporter (of source issue), within the additional issue actions code box of the Clones issues and Links scripted Post-Function.

[Carmen Creswell [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

Hi Duane, 

You can use this code to set the Assignee as the Reporter within the Additional Issue Actions box: 

issue.reporter = issue.assignee

[Duane Cronkite]

I tried this and the issue was assigned: "Anonymous" 

[Carmen Creswell [Adaptavist]]

Okay, I just did some testing and got "Anonymous" in my instance. The way I set mine up originally was that under "Fields to Copy" in the Post-Function, I selected "Assignee." This ensures that the Assignee field will be available in the newly created issue. However, this also means that the new issue is automatically assigned to the same person it was before (and they are made the reporter). Does this work for your implementation?

[Carmen Creswell [Adaptavist]]

Oh, also, the issue that you transition actually has to be assigned to someone for this to work. 

[Duane Cronkite]

"Fields to copy" doesn't appear to be an option for the post function Clone issues and Link. 

What I am trying to accomplish is Reporter of Task A becomes Assignee of Clone A and ideally Cloner of Task A becomes Reporter of Clone A

Thanks,

[Carmen Creswell [Adaptavist]]

Okay, I think this code should do what you need: 

issue.assignee = sourceIssue.reporter
issue.reporter = currentUser

This will make the Original issue's reporter the Cloned issue's assignee, and it will make the current user (the cloner) the Cloned issue's reporter.  

[Duane Cronkite]

Initial testing is showing positive results!!! 

Thanks!