Story Board Settings, use "Story point estimate" for estimation rather than "Story Points"

[Tom Martin]

I want to use Story point estimate in planning for the teams initial estimate.  Then over the sprint I track effort spent in the "Story points" actual effort.  But in the Board Settings Estimation tab I can't pick <Custom Field> (per the docs).  I would like to use a custom field in this case "Story Point Estimate"

[Jack Brickey]

@Tom Martin, welcome to the Community. Would you mind pointing me to the documentation you are referencing so that I might better understand your question. TBH, SPE is not ringing a bell with me at least as far as a custom field. The only thing I'm familiar with is using Story Points for estimation which is chosen in the board settings under estimation. This leverages the default fields offered by Jira (OE and RE).

[Tom Martin]

If you look at 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRASOFTWARECLOUD/Configuring+Estimation+and+Tracking

it seems like I should be able to choose "Story Point Estimate" as a <custom field> but the custom field option is not in my dropdown

[Jack Brickey]

@Tom Martin, I don't think the document is speaking to using a custom field. Rather it is simply speaking to the fact that you can estimate in SP and track in either SP or time. Many teams will use SP for estimation and time for tracking as noted. 

So based upon what you are asking for I think you simply need the following unless i'm missing something...