Populating a select list with options from an external database

[alison_perez]

Hi Jira community! 

I have a select list field in one of our Jira forms but instead hard-coding the values for the options, I wanted to fetch the values from an external MySQL database. I can pull these information via an endpoint script but I am looking for ways to push this information to the select list. 

Is this possible and what are the options to do this? 

Thank you

[Sreenivasaraju P]

Hi @alison_perez ,

As per my knowledge, this is feature is not available out of the box. 

You can try third party apps like External Data for Jira Fields

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219994/external-data-for-jira-fields?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

[alison_perez]

Thanks for clarifying about its native support. I will check External Data for Jira Fields. 

[Michel Neeser]

Hi @alison_perez

I've never used it before, but did you try using Data Connections for Forms yet?

Hope this helps!

[alison_perez]

Thank you for giving a lead. I will take look at it.