How to set a custom field value while creating a request in Jira Service Desk cloud

This article explains how to set a custom field value while creating a request in Jira service desk cloud using Jira Command Line Interface.

Instructions:

Run the following action command to create a request and set custom field value while creating a request in the Jira service desk project:

--action createRequest --project TEST --type Askaquestion --summary "Internet Explorer" --description "Testdesc"  --field customfield_10037=Major

In this command, TEST is the project key, Askaquestion is the request type and customfield_10037 is the custom field ID for which the value should be set as Major.

For the mentioned sample command the following actions and parameters are used:

createRequest - Creates a request in the service desk project.
project - Service desk project name, key, or id.
type - Request type name or id.
summary - Summary of the request.
description - Description of the request.
field - To set client and construct specific fields or variables using name=value syntax.