JIRA 5.2.2 - tag not working in custom plugin

[German Rodriguez]

Tried to use the <valid-searcher> tag within a custom field type descriptor, in order to re-use a searcher from an existing field. However, the tag doesn't seem to be working, although my plugin is compiled without trouble.

For example, I have this custom field type that extends UserCFType, so I would like to re-use the "UserPickerGroupSearcher":

<customfield-type key="ticketcreator" name="Ticket Creator" class="com.newedge.jira.plugin.customfields.TicketCreatorCFType">
<description>Captures the information of the user that is creating a JIRA issue, whether it is the Reporter of an issue or not.</description>
<resource type="velocity" name="view" location="templates/customfields/view/view-ticketcreator.vm" />
<resource type="velocity" name="edit" location="templates/customfields/edit/edit-ticketcreator.vm" />
<resource type="velocity" name="xml" location="templates/customfields/xml/xml-ticketcreator.vm" />

<valid-searcher package="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes" key="userpickergroupsearcher"/>

</customfield-type>

However, after I upload my custom plugin, the "Ticket Creator" field is not listed in the search criteria, even when it is configured with Global scope.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

Did you also apply the searcher for the custom field that you created for that type? Delcaring it in atlassian-plugin.xml will only make it available for the fields, you will have to manually apply it.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+a+Custom+Field#ConfiguringaCustomField-SearchTemplate

[German Rodriguez]

You're right, I forgot about that...

Thanks so much... I've appliced the new searches through the CF configuration...