Custom Currency Field

[Deleted user]

Is there is nothing in the base product that permits creating a custom currency field; i.e., a numeric field with $ or £ or S/, etc. ?  I see some add-ons, but just want to confirm that I'm not missing something.  I've searched the documentation library, but didn't see any references to currencies.

Thanks!

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

There's nothing to stop you creating a custom field with a currency in its name.  But Jira will handle it like any other number field.

[Deleted user]

OK, that's what I thought based on my research.  I was hoping I was missing how to add the currency sign to the numeric value.  Thanks @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-.

[Elizabeth Smith]

Me too. I would have liked to add a field with a prefix of £ (without having to do any fancy coding!)

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Best you can do (without writing an app) is to name the field appropriately - e.g. instead of "Cost", name it "Cost £"

[Elizabeth Smith]

Hi Nic - Thanks! I've updated my field...and gone one better. I've added a £ sign as the default value for this field so that I just have to add the figures now!

[Mandia]

Hi @Elizabeth Smith 

Could you please show me how did you do?

[Elizabeth Smith]

Hi @Mandia - directions below

[Daniel Chapman]

Are there any updates for this problem?

I realize this thread is five years old, but has Atlassian updated this problem? Is there a solution to add a dollar sign ($) to custom number fields? I could try automating the number field into a custom text field so it looks better, but that seems like a very convoluted solution.

[Grayson Bishop]

If you're reading this thread and disappointed at this limitation too, please vote for the suggestion here - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-63888

[Susan Waldrip]

This was a great workaround that @Elizabeth Smith developed for this problem! Just wanted to update this question with a newer possible solution.

When creating or editing a custom field with a field type of Number, there is now a Format option for # Number, % Percentage, and $ Currency. If you select $ Currency, you can choose among common types of currency such as $ AUD, $ USD, € EUR, and many more.

[Anne Saunders]

Is this available on the Standard plan? I'm not finding the Format option (though I may well just be missing it!)

[Susan Waldrip]

Hi @Anne Saunders , yes it is available (I also use Standard plan). The requirement is that the custom field must be a Number field type. If an existing custom field is not a Number type, you'll have to create a new custom field that IS a Number type. 

Let us know if this helps!

[Anne Saunders]

Nothing I do shows that option :/ 

Not on creation, edit, or any other screen I can find. 

[Susan Waldrip]

Hi @Anne Saunders , I'm wondering if it's that this is a new feature and it hasn't rolled out to your site yet? I did an internet search and results indicate this is available in Jira, check out the info for using a smart value -- for example,  {{CalculatedCost.asNumber.asCurrency("fr_FR")}} -- as the field value, https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/Save-Number-Field-Value-in-Euro-Currency/qaq-p/2607516 .

If that doesn't help with a solution for you, I'd suggest opening a ticket with Atlassian Support at https://support.atlassian.com/contact/ to find out why you don't have that feature yet. 

[Anne Saunders]

Based on my research, I expected us to have it, too! Atlassian's documentation has been a little hit or miss lately, so I was hoping it was something I was overlooking. I guess it's time for a ticket, though! 

Thanks!

[Susan Waldrip]

@Anne Saunders , I hope they find the problem. If so, would you please post back here with the solution and mark the answer as Accepted so others with this problem know the solution works, thanks and good luck!

[Anne Saunders]

@Susan Waldrip Unfortunately, the solution is "use team-managed projects" which is no solution at all, and which we will not be doing.

[Susan Waldrip]

@Anne Saunders , I'll run this by the Champions Community to see if anyone else has found a workaround. Will post back shortly!

[Anne Saunders]

Thanks! :D

[Susan Waldrip]

Okay, I found something on the linked page (https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/custom-fields-types-in-company-managed-projects/) in the (now closed) JIRACLOUD-63888 issue, it mentions:

• Number formatting is stored in the global context, so if the default context is deleted, this will remove the formatting applied (and default to number).

Does the Default context of your custom field still exist?

Also, one response from the Champions Community suggested that, even though this feature was already supposed to be rolled out to all Jira instances in September 2025, it still may not have been pushed to your instance yet. Will update this if I get more suggestions.

[Trudy Claspill]

I have seen this new feature in a Premium Jira instance, available in both Team Managed projects and for the globally defined Custom Fields (where Company Managed project fields are created).

But it is not present yet in my personal Free instance.

Let us also please note that the original post was for Jira Server and posted in 2018. Updating it with information relevant to Jira Cloud and 7 years later is not appropriate per the Community Guidelines (see "necroposting"). If additional discussion is needed on this for either Data Center or Cloud then a new Question should be started.

[Elizabeth Smith]

This is how I did it. I'm not a Jira expert but it worked for me!

Go to Jira Settings, then Issues, then Fields or Custom Fields 

Scroll down to the field you want to change

Click on the three dots on the right of the title

Click on Configure

The Configure Custom Field screen will be displayed.

Click on Edit Default Value and the Set Custom Field Defaults screen will be displayed.

Add the £ (or whatever default you want) and click on Set Default

And that's it - hope that helps you!

[Mandia]

Hi @Elizabeth Smith 

Thanks for reply to me! But I did the same change, it doesn't work for me. Did I miss something?

[Elizabeth Smith]

Hi @Mandia - I suspect it's because the field you've set up is a Number field rather than a Text field. If you don't rely on the numbers being validated elsewhere you can just change the field to Text and then it will work. If you DO rely on the validation in that field (e.g. if you are exporting the values and they MUST be numbers only) then you may have a problem...