Threat ID shows as Unsupported in Advanced Roadmaps

[Thayne Munson]

I am trying to define Threat ID as a custom field in Advanced Roadmaps.  It shows as 'Unsupported'.  The field is defined and working fine in Jira.  What else do I need to do in order for Threat ID to be 'Supported'.  If it cannot be supported, what other options do i have to support this important Risk field.  

[Dave · Accepted solution]

Hi @Thayne Munson ,

We would actually like to provide support for multi-line text fields in the future but this is not on our short term roadmap at the moment. 

One of the challenges we have is in finding a design pattern that works well to support multi-line data (see also the main description). Our current design is to restrict each issue to a single row of the plan in order to fit as many issues into view as possible (FYI we recognise that the header takes up too much space and reduces the number of issues that are visible and do plan to do something about that).

This isn't to say that this is an insurmountable problem but at the moment providing support for this custom field is not a high priority for us. I appreciate that this isn't the answer you're hoping for, but I just wanted to be as honest as possible and set your expectations realistically.

The only option at the moment is to view the issue details page directly and view the field there, or alternatively use a single-line custom text field which is supported in plans.

Regards,
Dave 

[Nic Brough _Adaptavist_ · Accepted solution]

Multi-line text fields cannot be added to roadmaps as measurable data because they're not measurable.  What metrics could you get from "The pen of my aunt is in the garden" to compare with "my cat's breath smells of cat food", for example?