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Syntax

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admCreateCustomField(fieldName, description, fieldType, fieldSearcher, projects, issueTypes)

Description

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Excerpt
Creates a new custom field, offering support also for setting its context and searcher.

Parameters

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Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
fieldName	string	yes	The custom Custom field name.
description	string	yes	The custom Custom field description (can be blank).
fieldType	string	yes	The custom Custom field type (either key or name).
fieldSearcher	string	yes	The custom Custom field searcher (either key or name). If blank, the default custom field searcher for the given type will be considered.
projects	string[]	yes	Projects context (project keys). If empty, global issue context will be considered.
issueTypes	string[]	yes	Issue types context (either names or ids). If empty, all issue types will be considered.

Parameters (Cloud)

Return type

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string

Returns the string id (customfield_xxxxx) of the newly created custom field.

Example

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Example 1

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(won't work on cloud)

Creating a single line text field with default searcher (Free Text Searcher) and global context:

admCreateCustomField("Test Field", "test description", "Text Field (single line)", "", {}, {});

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2 (won't work on cloud)

Creating a multi-line text field with blank description, specified searcher name (Free Text Searcher) and specified project and issue types context:

admCreateCustomField("Test Field", "", "Text Field (multi-line)", "Free Text Searcher", {"DEMO", "TEST"}, {"Bug", "Improvement"});

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3 (won't work on cloud)

Creating a date picker field with blank description, specified searcher key, and specified issue types ids context:

admCreateCustomField("Test Field", "", "Date Picker", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:daterange", {}, {1, 2, 3});

Example 4 (cloud)

Creating a cascading select field with no specified searcher key (the default will be used) and global context:

admCreateCustomField("A cascadingselect", "cascadingselect", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:cascadingselect", "", {}, {});

Example 5 (cloud)

Creating a simple text field with a specified searcher key and global context:

admCreateCustomField("Test text Field", "single line text field used to test the admin create CF", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textfield", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textsearcher", {}, {});

Example 6 (cloud)

Creating a cascading select field with no specified searcher key (the default will be used) and specific project and issue type context:

admCreateCustomField("A TJ cascadingselect", "cascadingselect", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:cascadingselect", "", {"TJ"}, {"Task"});

See also

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