Can we create a user specific custom field in Jira Cloud?

[Vishnuvardhan Reddy]

Hello,

We have a ask that requires to create a custom field which can be updated by only a particular user. So, is there any way to create a Custom field that might give user or role specific permissions to update the field?

Thanks in advance.

[John Funk]

Hi Vishnuvardhan,

There are some third party apps that would make that fairly easy. But what I do is create the custom field but do not add it to Edit screen. (You will need at least an Edit screen and a Create/View screen or all 3 separate screens on the project). 

Then create a self looping transition on the Status (or statuses) in your workflow. Attach a screen that only includes this field. Then add a Condition to the self-looping transition to only allow that user to execute. 

This is a bit clunky but it works. (But just a note, if the user can do Bulk updates (and knows how to do that), they can still update the field.