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How does Power Admin for Jira track the custom field usage?
Power Admin finds all projects where the custom field is present in the project configuration. The usage information also includes the issuesthat have values for this custom field.
Power Admin collects all the screens, workflows, issue security schemes, notification schemes, permission schemes, agile boards, filters, dashboards, and service projects that use the custom field . We go through the JQL entries of agile boards, filters, dashboards, and service projects and look for references to the custom fieldby going through their JQL entries.
Learn more details about how Power Admin for Jira tracks the usage information of custom fields.
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