Setup automation rule to get all the users added in a group and then create issues and assign them to each user

Summary

Setup an automation rule to get all the users added to a group and then create issues and assign them to each user.

Solution

The suggested approach for this automation configuration use case is :

Configuration of the automation rule:

• Trigger: Scheduled

• Add New action: Send Web request: /rest/api/3/group/member?groupname=Employees&includeInactiveUsers=false

• Select checkbox for Delay execution of subsequent rule actions until we've received a response for this web request

• Advanced Branch condition: For each smart value Smart value:

Variation name: GroupMemberDevelopers

Add new action: Create issue: defined all the details, make sure to pass smart value in Assignee field:

Please ensure to update the authorization header in the new rule on both the web requests as suggested in the article.