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Jira 8 Essentials

You're reading from   Jira 8 Essentials Effective issue management and project tracking with the latest Jira features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789802818
Length 420 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Patrick Li Patrick Li
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Jira 8
2. Getting Started with Jira FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Jira for Business Projects 4. Using Jira for Agile Projects 5. Section 2: Jira 8 in Action
6. Issue Management 7. Field Management 8. Screen Management 9. Workflow and Business Process 10. Emails and Notifications 11. Section 3: Advanced Jira 8
12. Securing Jira 13. Searching, Reporting, and Analysis 14. Jira Service Desk 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Managing custom fields

Custom fields are used globally across Jira, so you will need to have the Jira Administrator global permission to carry out management operations such as creation and configuration.

Jira maintains all the custom fields in a centralized location for easy management. Perform the following steps to access the custom field management page:

  1. Log in as a Jira administrator user.
  2. Browse to the Jira administration console.
  3. Select the Issues tab and then the Custom fields option:

On the Custom fields page, all the existing custom fields will be listed. From here, you can see the names of all custom fields, their type, the context they belong to, and the screens they are displayed on. Note that some custom fields, such as Development and Epic Color, as shown in the previous screenshot, come with Jira itself, and will have the LOCKED label next to their names. These...

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