getCustomFieldIdByName

Description

Returns a list of ids for all custom fields with the given name.

Parameters

Return Type

String []

Returns an array of custom field ids.

Examples

Example 1

return getCustomFieldIdByName("My Custom Field");

Returns: "customfield_10101"

Example 2

This example has multiple custom fields for a single name.

string myCustomField;
for(string id in getCustomFieldIdByName("My Custom Field")) {
    //check the context for the calling issue to determine which custom field to use
    if(isCustomFieldInContext(id, projectKey, issueType) {
        myCustomField = id;
    }
}

return myCustomField;