In Sharepoint, how do you set a column for a person or group with a default value?

Question

Using the issue tracker in sharepoint 2007, I want to know how to set the default user for the column assigned to me. Other column types include the default option, but for some reason the person or group does not.

thanks.

Answer 1

In my specific situation, I just used the "created by" column and put the "assigned" column. This is set by default as the person who created the problem, so it becomes my default value.

Answer 2

This is not supported out of the box, so you have to use a custom field type. For an example see

http://www.fftf.org/news/Oct06feed/Current_user_as_default_value_for_a_SharePoint_Person_or_Group_field.rss.html

Depending on how comfortable you are with SharePoint, you can call this procedure “very simple” (like them) or completely overwhelming. If you encounter any problems, you know where to ask.

Answer 3

I would suggest using Javascript instead of modifying the list itself for a low impact solution. Here is a blog post that describes what you need.

Answer 4

I wrote the Default value for SharePoint , which introduces the "default value" in the "Create Column" dialog box.