Introduction

Jira allows us to create projects and issue types which a number of fields associated with them. One of these fields are 'Teams' which we will use in this article. 

Objectives

• add the team field to our jira issue
• set a default team to assign an issue to

Jira

Below is an extract of what your issue type inside jira may look like.

If we wish to add this field, we can do so via the 'fields > search all fields' action menu on the right hand side.

IriusRisk

Once we have a working, integrated Jira configuration (Linking to Issue Trackers) we can add support for teams:

1. Navigate to the Field Values section from your desired issue tracker settings scope (global, project, countermeasure, etc.):

2. Click 'Add optional issue field from Jira' - which lists all potential fields from valid Jira issue types inside that project - and select 'Team':

3. Type the team ID of the desired team to set this as the default value.

NOTE: The Team ID is used and not the team name.

Conclusion

When we create a new issue, we should be able to see this has taken effect in our ticket in Jira: