Managing custom fields

Custom fields are used globally across JIRA, so you will need to have the JIRA Administrator global permission to carry out management operations such as creation and configuration.

JIRA maintains all the custom fields in a centralized location for easy management. Perform the following steps to access the custom field management page:

  1. Log in as a JIRA administrator user.
  2. Browse to the JIRA administration console.
  3. Select the Issues tab and then the Custom fields option:

    Managing custom fields

On the Custom Fields page, all the existing custom fields will be listed. From here, you can see the name of each custom field, their type, the context they belong ...

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