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- Log in as a user with the JIRA Administrators global permission.
- Choose
> Issues. Select Fields > Custom Fields to open the Custom Fields page.
Tip: Keyboard shortcut: g + g + start typing custom fields
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- Navigate to the Custom Fields page, locate the desired custom field and choose > Configure.
- Locate the relevant context (there will usually only be one, named 'Default Configuration Scheme for ...') and click the Edit Default Value link in the right-hand column. The 'Set Custom Field Defaults' page will be displayed and will be particular to the custom field type:
- (For a Select List or Multi-Select List) Select the appropriate default value from the drop-down list. To clear the default of a select field, click on the current default so it is no longer highlighted and then save, as described here:Unable to De-select Default Value for Multi Select Custom Field.
- (For a Cascading Select List) Select the appropriate default values from the drop-down lists (one for each level).
- (For a Date field) Specify a date, or tick the check-box to make the current date the default.
- (For other types of fields) Type the appropriate default values from the drop-down lists (one for each level). Certain types of custom fields, such as calculated custom fields, may not allow for defaults to be selected and will not have the Edit Default Value link.
- (For a Select List or Multi-Select List) Select the appropriate default value from the drop-down list.
Options
You can specify option values for custom fields of the following types:
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- Navigate to the Custom Fields page, locate the desired custom field and choose > Configure.
- Click Edit User Filtering.
- Click Enable group or project role filtering, then specify the groups and/or roles that you want to limit the user picker to.
The user picker will only show users that are in the groups and roles selected. - Click Save.
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Choosing screens
To choose the Screens on which a custom field will appear:
- Navigate to the Custom Fields page, locate the desired custom field and choose > Screens.
- Select the check boxes of the screens on which you wish to display this custom field. Note that field visibility depends on the field configuration (which is not related to the custom field configuration scheme described above). Refer to Specifying Field Behavior for more information.
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Translating a custom field
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