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This article explains how to add values to five custom fields to issues at once to several issues in bulk, by using Jira Command Line Interface (CLI).

Instructions

1. Form a JQL query to find the target issue, where the custom field values need to be added. Please refer below sample JQL for reference:
   

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   project = ABC AND issuetype = Story

   
   

2. Using runFromIssueList and updateIssue actions, any number of field values can be updated.

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   --action runFromIssueList --jql "project = ABC AND issuetype = Story" --common "-a updateIssue --issue @issue@ --field "select1=test1" --field "select2=test2" --field "select3=test3" --field "select4=test4" --field "select5=test5""

   In the above action:
   select1, select2, select3, select4, select5 are the text type custom fields and test1, test2, test3, test4, test5 are the corresponding values of the fields.
   --jql for the JQL query 
   --issue takes the issue key
   --field accepts the custom field ID or name
   

3. If you want the action to be run against a CSV file, make sure the CSV file has the following columns as shown in the below screenshot:
   
   In the above screenshot, field1, field2, field3, field4, field5 are the custom field names.
   

4. Run the action using runFromCsv as shown below:

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   --action runFromCsv --file "/Users/Downloads/Atlassian/atlassian-cli-9.4.0-SNAPSHOT/filename.csv" --common "--action updateIssue"