Custom fields

[mvillareal]

Please help me answer a couple of questions to convince a colleague to use Jira. Thanks.

1. Does adding a custom field require admnistrative rights or can a project admin do it?

2. Does adding a custom field require "rebuilding the database" and taking the system down or finding a "quiet time"?

3. Does adding a custom field to a project affect other projects in any way?

[Andy Nguyen · Accepted solution]

Hi Maricris,

1. Yes, adding custom fields requires at least JIRA Administrators global permission. Project Admin Role without JIRA Admin permission cannot add custom fields

2. When a custom field is added, re-indexing JIRA is recommended. You can choose to run Background Re-index which may take some time depending on the size of your JIRA instance but will allow users to access JIRA during the re-index

3. No, you can configure new custom fields for specific projects and/or issue types without affecting the others

Cheers,

Andy

[mvillareal]

Thanks for the very quick answers, Andy.

[Yuval Gershfeld]

Hey @mvillareal 

Regarding your first question, there is a way for non-admins to also add/edit and control custom fields using different addons like the one we created in Methoda - "Custom Fields".

See: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221078/custom-fields-administrator-for-jira-project?hosting=server&tab=overview