Are you able to bulk import new custom fields?

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Reshma Begum {Appfire} · Answer

Hi @Jennifer Ramey ,

Using addCustomField action provided by Jira Command Line Interface (CLI) you can add custom fields in bulk.

1. Create a CSV file with the field details

2. Run the action shown below

--action runFromCsv --file /Users/apple/Desktop/fields.csv --common "-a addCustomField"

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Reshma

Francis Batilo_vmnw04 · Answer

@Jennifer Ramey

I'll help you out with your inquiry.

In terms of having to create new custom fields in bulk, that feature is not available as an out-of-the-box feature on any version of Jira Cloud.

However, there are other ways to achieve it.

Marketplace App

* If you're looking for a quick fix without the need to code, get a marketplace application to do it for you.* In our instance, we have BobSwift CLI (I've added the exact command you need below)

CURL Using REST API

* If you're trying to save and you're technical, you can consider creating a CURL using REST API commands. * It is exactly the same procedure as the CLI, except it's free more code level and you're able to do it yourself.

Note: we first started using BobSwift CLI, but we trained ourselves to use the API command instead as that is free.

BobSwift CLI - addCustomField - Jira Command Line Interface (CLI) - Confluence (atlassian.net)

API REST CURL command - The Jira Cloud platform REST API (atlassian.com)