Availability
This routine is available starting with katl-commons 2.5.19 / 2.6.11.
Syntax
admCreateCustomField(fieldName, description, fieldType, fieldSearcher, projects, issueTypes)
Description
Creates a new custom field, offering support also for setting its context and searcher.Parameters
Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fieldName | string | yes | Custom field name. |
| description | string | yes | Custom field description (can be blank). |
| fieldType | string | yes | Custom field type (either key or name). |
| fieldSearcher | string | yes | Custom field searcher (either key or name). If blank, the default custom field searcher for the given type will be considered. |
| projects | string[] | yes | Projects context (project keys). If empty, global issue context will be considered. |
| issueTypes | string[] | yes | Issue types context (either names or ids). If empty, all issue types will be considered. |
Parameters (Cloud)
Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fieldName | string | yes | Custom field name. |
| description | string | yes | Custom field description (can be blank). |
| fieldType | string | yes | Custom field type (key only). |
| fieldSearcher | string | yes | Custom field searcher (key only). If blank, the default custom field searcher for the given type will be considered. |
| projects | string[] | yes | Projects context (project keys). If empty, global issue context will be considered. |
| issueTypes | string[] | yes | Issue types context (either names or ids). If empty, all issue types will be considered. |
Return type
string
Returns the string id (customfield_xxxxx) of the newly created custom field.
Example
Example 1 (won't work on cloud)
Creating a single line text field with default searcher (Free Text Searcher) and global context:
admCreateCustomField("Test Field", "test description", "Text Field (single line)", "", {}, {});
Example 2 (won't work on cloud)
Creating a multi-line text field with blank description, specified searcher name (Free Text Searcher) and specified project and issue types context:
admCreateCustomField("Test Field", "", "Text Field (multi-line)", "Free Text Searcher", {"DEMO", "TEST"}, {"Bug", "Improvement"});
Example 3 (won't work on cloud)
Creating a date picker field with blank description, specified searcher key, and specified issue types ids context:
admCreateCustomField("Test Field", "", "Date Picker", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:daterange", {}, {1, 2, 3});
Example 4 (cloud)
Creating a cascading select field with no specified searcher key (the default will be used) and global context:
admCreateCustomField("A cascadingselect", "cascadingselect", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:cascadingselect", "", {}, {});
Example 5 (cloud)
Creating a simple text field with a specified searcher key and global context:
admCreateCustomField("Test text Field", "single line text field used to test the admin create CF", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textfield", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:textsearcher", {}, {});
Example 6 (cloud)
Creating a cascading select field with no specified searcher key (the default will be used) and specific project and issue type context:
admCreateCustomField("A TJ cascadingselect", "cascadingselect", "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:cascadingselect", "", {"TJ"}, {"Task"});
Server only: If the provided custom field searcher key or name is wrong, it will be ignored and the custom field will be created with no searcher configured.
See also