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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 > choose > Edit:
- The Name is the label that appears to the left of the custom field when it is displayed to a user.
The Description is the Help text that appears below the custom field when it is displayed in the Simple Search column.
Search Templates are responsible for indexing a custom field as well as making it searchable via Simple Search and Advanced Search (note that custom fields are not searchable via Quick Search). Every custom field type has a preconfigured search template, but you may select different template using this procedure.
- Modify the fields as desired and click Update.
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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.
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