Storing metric in a custom field

Having Foxly metrics stored in the custom field unlocks the ability to search for issues by metrics, create reports, and automation.

For example, if your team is already using story points to estimate tickets and you would like to include them in the Priority score calculation, you can create an Automation rule in Jira. Let’s examine what custom fields are available and how to switch them on.

On this page: 1 How to store metrics in a custom field 2 Enabling Metric custom fields

On this page: 1 How to store metrics in a custom field 2 Enabling Metric custom fields

Automation examples 🤖

In this article, we cover four examples of how you can use Automation for Jira and Foxly. You can find there how to connect Story points to Foxly, how can flagged tickets influence your priority score, and more.

How to store metrics in a custom field

Just a reminder here is how metrics are defined in Foxly:

Metrics in Foxly - Backlog prioritization app for Jira consist of Labels and Values

Metric custom fields are created in the following format:

[Metric name] - [Priority model name] Value
[Metric name] - [Priority model name] Label

For example, if we’re using an ICE priority model and we enable the custom field for Ease metric these custom fields will be generated: Ease - ICE Value where the numeric representation of the metric is stored and Ease - ICE Label where the labels of the metrics are stored (examples: XS, M, L in case of Ease metric).

Metric type	`[Metric name] - [Priority model name] Value`	`[Metric name] - [Priority model name] Label`

Metric type	`[Metric name] - [Priority model name] Value`	`[Metric name] - [Priority model name] Label`
Rating	The number value of the metric	Numbers from 1-5 representing the number of stars
Label	The number value of the metric	The text label of the metric
Short text	The number value of the metric	The text label of the metric
Number	The number imputed from Foxly	Not present

Enabling Metric custom fields

You can choose which metrics you want to enable as custom fields in Foxly settings.

You can enable custom fields for up to 50 Foxly Metrics.

Access Foxly settings by clicking on the Customize button in the app

Navigate to Foxly > Customize.
In the Edit Template section, click on the metric.
Select the checkbox Store values in custom field.
Click Save changes and Save in all projects to enable the custom field in all projects that use this template.

If you’re using Next-gen projects you need to follow these additional steps to enable custom fields in your projects.