Retrieve a list of issue assignees from a specific project in Jira

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Summary

The following SQL query will return a list of unique existing assignees from a specific project.

This was written in MySQL syntax. It may be necessary to tweak it if another database flavor is being used.

Solution

Remember to change the Project ID below in the WHERE clause.

1 2 3 4 SELECT DISTINCT u.display_name, au.lower_user_name , j.assignee FROM jiraissue j JOIN app_user au ON j.assignee = au.user_key JOIN cwd_user u ON u.lower_user_name = au.lower_user_name WHERE j.project = 12345;

The output should be similar to the following:

1 2 3 4 5 6 Display Name User Name -------------- ----------------- admin admin Vincent Wong vwong-sd-demo Alana Grant agrant-sd-demo Ryan Lee rlee-sd-demo
Updated on March 24, 2025

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