The JIRA Suite Utilities plugin provides three additional custom fields:
- Location Text
- Location Select
- Directions (since version 1.4.10)
- Free Text Searcher
For information on custom fields in JIRA, see the JIRA documentation.
As of June 22, 2016, Google Maps API no longer supports keyless access (any requet that doesn't include an API key). Please create a valid API Key and configure under Administration → Tab: Add-ons, Section JIRA Suite Utilities / Configuration. (Since Version 1.4.12 or 1.5.2)
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Location Text Custom Field
Description | The 'Location Text' custom field allows users to specifying address in free form text when creating/editing an issue. The location will be shown as an inline Google Map in the issue. |
Configuration | Configuring the Location Text custom field is no different to configuring any other JIRA custom field. For information on how to configure a custom field in JIRA, see the JIRA documentation. |
Example | A user specifies 'Sydney, Australia' in a Location Text field when creating an issue: |
Location Select Custom Field
Description | The 'Location Select' custom field allows users to choose a preconfigured address when creating/editing an issue. The location will be shown as an inline Google Map in the issue. |
Configuration | You must configure the Location Select field options when creating the custom field. For example: |
Example | A user chooses the 'Sydney, Australia' option in a Location Select field when creating an issue: |
Directions Custom Field
Description | The 'Directions' custom field allows users to specify an origin and destination location as text when creating/editing an issue. The directions will be shown as an inline Google Map Directions in the issue. To separate origin and destination, the separator => has to be used. The directions from origin to destination are made in driving mode. For instance only origin and destination may be set by user input. |
Configuration | Configuring the Directions custom field is no different to configuring any other JIRA custom field. For information on how to configure a custom field in JIRA, see the JIRA documentation. |
Example | A user specifies 'Locarno => Lugano' in a Directions field when creating an issue, and once saved and when the issue is in view mode, Google Map Directions will be shown:
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Free Text Searcher
Description | The Free Text Searcher allows additional search fields to be added to the standard JIRA search. |
Configuration | When creating a custom field, you must specify the 'Search Template' to be 'Free Text Searcher': |
Example | A user searches for issues. The custom field will appear as a search field: |
