User Properties Editor

Owned by Daniel Barrow
Last updated: Oct 11, 2023
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The User property editor allows you to add, modify, or remove properties associated with any Jira user in your instance; a user property is a key-value pair that is stored in Jira. These properties can then be used in the Set field value from User Property post-function. This post-function allows you to set another field’s value from the user properties of the current user.

The value of the user property should be provided as a text value. For more information about the value type expected by this post-function for different field types, see Expected value for different field types.

To access the User Properties Editor:

  1. Log in to your Jira Cloud instance as an administrator.

  2. Click the Settings icon in the upper right corner and select Apps.

  3. Click User properties editor under JIRA MISC WORKFLOW EXTENSIONS.

Please note: the properties accessible through the User properties editor are different from the User Properties that you can edit through Jira’s User Management section.

Add a User Property

To add a user property:

  1. Open the User properties editor (Figure 1, right).

  2. Click the Select a user pulldown menu to open search.

  3. Search for a user, then select them from the list or results.

  4. Enter the name of the property in the Key field.

  5. Enter the value of the user property in the Value field.

  6. Click Add to add the property for the selected user.

  7. The new property will be added to the list of properties.

It is highly recommended that you only ever edit or delete user properties that have been set manually using the User property editor. Modifying or removing system properties can have unintended consequences.

Edit a User Property

To edit an existing user property:

  1. Open the User properties editor (Figure 1, above).

  2. Click the Select a user pulldown menu to open search.

  3. Search for a user, then select them from the list or results.

  4. Hover over the value in either the Key or Value column and click the pencil icon .

  5. Update the value as needed, then click Update.

Delete a User Property

To delete an existing user property:

  1. Open the User properties editor (Figure 1, above).

  2. Click the Select a user pulldown menu to open search.

  3. Search for a user, then select them from the list or results.

  4. To the right of the property, click Delete.

  5. The property is removed.

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Figure 1 - User Properties Editor page