Since version Starting with 2.1.3 version and above, Database Custom Field Fields PRO provides support for the inline edit feature of JIRA 5.1.x: all database information fields (parent or and child) can be edited inline in the view issue screen.
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Consider the following configuration:
where dbi2 is a database custom field of the autocomplete type autocomplete mapped to a dynamic query having that has a dbi field as a parameter, and dbi is a parent database custom field of type the select list type, having as child the dbci field , and as child and the following values saved on an issue for the mentioned custom fields:
When
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you click the dbi value, the inline edit form opens
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showing
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a select list
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with all available values.
After
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you select a different value and
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submit the form, the values for the child
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dbci field and the dependent
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dbi2 field are updated with the first found matching value and saved on the issue
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.
That's it.