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How do i set a default value for a custom field on a per Project basis

jennifer smith_1jq404

I have a Custom field that i want to set by default to a value. This value is different for each Project.

For instance our ER project gets a default value of Sales

Our SW project gets a default value of Sustaining

Ideally this would be done on Create of the Issue.

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Trudy P Claspill

Hello @jennifer smith

A Jira Administrator can define multiple Contexts for the custom field, creating a context for that field for each project. In each context the default value for the field can be set. With that functionality you can have a different default value for the field per project.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/configuring-custom-field-contexts-1047552717.html

jennifer smith_1jq404

yeah sorry this doesn't work.

I have a custom filed that is a cascading select list. Every one of the fields configured those lists are applicable to all Projects.

Each project has a different default. That is what I'm trying to set on a create of an issue.

The reason i don't want to duplicate all the configurable contexts on a per project basis is because there are hundreds

Trudy P Claspill

You could look at a third party plugin like Adaptavist ScriptRunner, specifically the Behaviours feature, for setting the default value dynamically within the Create Issue dialog.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/6820/scriptrunner-for-jira?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview

https://docs.adaptavist.com/sr4js/latest/features/behaviours

jennifer smith_1jq404

is there any tutorial that tells you how to do this yourself?

Its so frustrating that every time you want to do anything beyond the most basic functionality you can't because there isn't any documentation on how to do anything.

Nicketa

Hello @jennifer smith ,

Do you mean like this:

Screenshot 2024-11-15 155512.png

BR,

Nicketa

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Nicketa

That is using the Context feature I mentioned in my first response. @jennifer smith said that is not an acceptable solution because all the projects use the same list and they don't want to create and maintain multiple copies of an identical list.