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Write to/Read from hidden JIRA custom field programmatically

unknown

Hi,

is there any way I can write to a custom field that is not displayed in any screen? I have read that fields that are not displayed on a screen will not be filled when writing to them. Likewise, custom fields that are not displayed on screens will produce a NullPointerException when trying to read their assigned value.

Do I necessarily have to display a custom field on my screens in order to write to them or read from them, or is there any way to avoid displaying them while still being able to read/write the information?

My plan is to do all of this programmatically in Java and not with any user settings in Jira. It's supposed to run as part of a plugin.

Thank you.

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unknown

I figured it out by accessing custom fields with the CustomFieldManager and skipping the screen check on writing to the field

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Sreenivasaraju P

@[deleted],

You can update any field or read any field using JIRA API. It is not necessary to have that field on view/edit screen.

But when you update that field , change will be reflected under history tab.

unknown

Thanks for your answer! How would I go about that? Because everything I've tried so far resulted in the errors mentioned above i.e. the field not being set or getting the value returning null.

unknown

I figured it out by accessing custom fields with the CustomFieldManager and skipping the screen check on writing to the field

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