What is the usage of the "User Property Field" in JIRA Toolkit ?

[John]

I can add the field, however I see in other places that you should set the default value to e.g. assignee:name.

I can't seem to see where you set the default value, or anything beyond a sentence describing this part of the utility.

Ideally, I'd like this to show the reporters Company (custom attribute) in the ticket.

[Robert Dzido]

John,

You can use user properties in conditions or copy them to issue fields using another plugins such as Workflow PowerBox

[John]

Hello Robert, Could you elaborate on 'user properties in conditions' or is that part of the Workflow Power-box? I was hoping that there would be a solution without adding another paid-for add on, since they appear to be stacking up at the moment, Thanks

[Robert Dzido]

John, User Properties is just text entry stored in JIRA database next to another entries (see database table propertyentry). Properties are just something like a bucket for everything that don't fit elsewhere. User Properties don't have any special meaning and I think they were created "just in case". Workflow PowerBox delivers one condition and two post functions operating on User Properties. Below you can find links to the documentation: User property value Condition (https://coresoftlabs.atlassian.net/wiki/display/WPB/User+property+value) Set issue field from user property value Post Function (https://coresoftlabs.atlassian.net/wiki/display/WPB/Set+issue+field+from+user+property+value) Set user property value Post Function (https://coresoftlabs.atlassian.net/wiki/display/WPB/Set+user+property+value) Cheers, Robert