How do I fill the authors name in a term reference field?

Content type stock contains the term reference field field_producer. What is the rule for Rules in order to fill this field with the node author name on creation?

In detail

The form looks like:

— Content type Stock (stock)

—- field Producer (field_producer); of field type Term reference; of widget Autocomplete term widget (tagging); number of values: 1; Vocabulary: Producer

The goal is:

When a user creates a node of the type Stock, his user name should automatically be filled/(pre-)populated in the field Producer.

Why Rules:

Since tokens aren’t working for the autocomplete term reference field and a text field isn’t available, rules might be a workaround. I’ve tried Prepopulate, Entityreference prepopulate, and other modules, but none of them supported the aim.

Where I am struggling with Rules:

  • Event: After saving new content, Restrict by type Stock
  • Condition: Entity has field, Data selector node:field-producer, Field Value field_producer
  • Action: Set a data value, Data (to be modified) node:field-producer, Value (to set for the specified data): HERE REMAINS THE PROBLEM. I can’t choose node:author or other tokens that display the user name. I get the restriction: “Data types: Select data of the type Taxonomy term.”

That’s why I am not able to successfully create this rule.

What am I doing wrong? How should this rule look like?

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