Need guidance on syncing Jira “Team” field options with BigPicture “Team” custom field

[M Purushotham Reddy]

Description:
In our Jira instance, we have two select-list fields related to teams:

1. Jira Team – a native Jira custom field (select list)

2. Big  Picture Team – also a Jira custom field created automatically during Big Picture installation

Even though both are select-list fields inside Jira, the options for the Big Picture Team field are controlled exclusively by Big Picture and appear only when teams are created inside the Big Picture → Teams module.

Our requirement:

We want to know if it is possible to copy or synchronize the field options from the Jira Team select-list field into the Big Picture Team field, so that both fields contain the same set of team names.

Questions for Support:

1. Can Big Picture Team field options be automatically populated from another Jira select-list field (Jira Team)?

2. If direct option sync is not supported, are there any recommended methods to keep both fields aligned?

3. Does Big Picture provide an API that allows us to programmatically create Big Picture teams so that corresponding options appear in the Big Picture Team field?

4. Are there any constraints or risks in attempting to synchronize Jira Team → Big Picture Team using automation or scripting?

Background Information:

• Both fields are Jira custom fields, but Big Picture Team options are not editable via Jira field configuration.

• Options for the Big Picture Team field are generated only when teams are created inside Big Picture.

• Our goal is to ensure the two fields remain consistent so that we can later automate copying selected values between them.

[Marc -Devoteam-]

HI @M Purushotham Reddy 

The questions you have you need to provide the BIcPicture support.

Yes there is an API, see the product documentation; https://developer.bigpicture.one/reference/apitokens 

Also according the app documentation, you can't use Jira Teams in bigpicture.

Also within the app you can maap the big picture team field to a field in Jira, custom. or not. https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/2211714095/Team+code+field 

So you could use a custom field for this and not use the Jira Team option at all.