Can I reproduce the priority image functionality of the default priority field if I'm using a custom field for this purpose?

[Justin Corcoran]

Unfortunately, I'm in the same camp as many other JIRA users out there, in that I need different priorities for different projects (https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-3821) . We're tracking all types of work in JIRA, not just bugs, and there is no single list of priorities that make sense for all.

As a result, I'm considering the work around described by Atlassian in the feature request above: using custom fields for priorities. However, I'd like to be able to show an icon indicating the issue's priority, like I can with the default priority field. This icon shows both on the view screen for the issue, and on the "card" on the rapid board. This is a really helpful at-a-glance way to identify urgent issues. Can I wire this up to a custom field (or, rather, many custom fields, one for each project)?

[MatthewC · Accepted solution]

You could always develop ay new custom field type with a custom renderer that displayed an image associated with the value but I dont think it would work very well with green hopper and the card views, you would still have the normal priority field. What I usually do with a new jira install is to rename the priorities to something generic. The defaults are too software specific and I do a Lot of process modelling in jira. That way each project can make it's own interpretation of the value. If the images are the problem you could always over write them.

[Renjith Pillai]

Additionally in Greenhopper what we used to get the attention was to use the Impediment feature, which shows up a warning icon on top of the Card for everyone to see. And also a filter subscription for people to get notified about issues have impediments marked by the teams.

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Using+the+Planning+Board (Searched for 'Flagged')