Out of Office for Jira: Issue automation for team assignment

for Jira Cloud
615 installs
  • Supported
  • Jira Service Management
  • Jira
Cloud

Auto assignment to backup assignee while OoO. Supports Tempo Timesheets & PTO Planner, JQL automation & resource planning gadgets

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Absence planner - Assignment to coworkers

- Delegate assignees (coverers)

- Define dates for holiday, vacation, time off requests, etc. or use open-ended rules

- Works in round robin with multiple coverers

- Appoint delegate approvers

- Re-assign to Unassigned

Time Tracking, Leave Tracker & Capacity Planning

Report on the team’s availability and evaluate the impact on your plans

- Check re-assigned issues for Time to SLA, status…

- Track affected issues & story points

- Monitor assignee workload to identify bottlenecks

Integrate with Tempo, Slack, and calendars

Manage time off from other platforms:

- Connect to Outlook, Google Calendar & more via Zapier

- Set yourself away or online from Slack

- Sync time off with Tempo Planner & Timesheets

- Public API for custom integrations

More details

Every time an issue is assigned to the rule owner, Out of Office Assistant can:

  • Publish an OoO message as a comment in the issue
  • Reassign the issue to the appointed coverer
  • Swap to the delegate approver, when the rule owner was appointed as approver (JSM projects only)

BENEFITS

  • Take time off without disrupting teamwork
  • Monitor who is available when, and what’s the impact of absent team members on planned work
  • Functional teams like support or QA can create round-robin reassignments to ensure speedy responses

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

  • Reassign existing issues in bulk
  • Tag absent users when they’re mentioned in Jira
  • Trigger Out of Office rules with JQL filters (supports multiple filters per rule)
  • Rule analytics to track successful vs failed reassignments
  • Admins and project admins can manage rules on behalf of other users

Learn more:

Playground | Feature Request

Certification

CLOUD FORTIFIED

This app offers additional security, reliability, and support through:

  • Cloud security participation
  • Reliability checks
  • 24hr support response time
  • and more.

Privacy and security

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Integration Details

Out of Office for Jira: Issue automation for team assignment integrates with your Atlassian product. This remote service can:

  • Act on a user's behalf, even when the user is offline
  • Administer the host application
  • Delete data from the host application
  • Administer Jira projects

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The Out-Of-Office Assistant (OoO) App for Jira Cloud keeps the Reported, Assignee and Coverer informed throughout a Jira task’s lifecycle