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How do I make a Custom dropdown field searchable in JIRA cloud?

sowjanya gondi
sowjanya gondi
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September 7, 2020

Hi,

I have a custom field associated to just one screen. The field name is Severity for the issuetype Bug. This field is not searchable and sortable for some reason. I do not find any option to turn this on. I was able to make it 'Required' but I am not able to make it searchable. Please help.

Kind Regards,

Sowjanya.

 

 

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September 7, 2020

What searcher have you selected for it?  (Admin -> Issues -> Custom fields -> Your field -> Edit)

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What type of custom field is it?

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sowjanya gondi
sowjanya gondi
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September 7, 2020

Hi Aiden,

It is a dropdown field. Select List (Single choice).

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