Is it possible to give "create custom field" permission to a specific group of users

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Using JIRA 7.3.4 and moving to version 7.9...

We have defined a permission scheme that is associated to all new projects created. In that permission scheme we set up users as administrators for the project, power users and read only. At present only JIRA administrators can create custom fields. Our preference would be to grant create custom field permission to one of the roles we have defined in our permission scheme.

Joe Kyle · Answer

Andre,

Alexey is correct. and as you've stated in your question "...only JIRA administrators can create custom fields." Very true.

I think part of the reasoning here is to prevent duplicate fields from being made. Its hard for some people to see if a field already exists, so they just make it again. Jira does not alert you in the form of "Hey, this field already exists." Also a field can exist more than once within Jira but in different ways. For instance, "Project Timeline" could take the form of a Text field single line or milti-line. It would have the same name but it would actually be a different kind of field. And its not easy to see field type when placing fields on forms or on schemes. Also, I have seen, "Complete, Completed, Closed," all mean the same thing. But as you may know, if you try to tie these to a queue...well, things get messy.

So, only admins can make custom fields. The good news is that as your team moves forward I think you will find consistency in the number of custom fields needed. Eventually you will see that the pool of fields will sort of resolve itself. Although it will be up to an admin to make them.  I hope this helps.

Alexey Matveev · Answer

Hello,

It is not possible. There is no such permission.