How to find out were Custom Fields are used?

[Marcel Plomp (inactive)]

I've made a Custom field that has been configured as "Global (all issues)". The field is not used on a particular screen. It is only used in a workflow Post function.

By accident I've removed the field and then the post function did not work anymore.

How can I find were Custom fields are used in workflows and maybe other functionality in Jira that I'm not aware off? I want to clean up the custom fields which are not used.

(BTW: Workflow now works fine again thanks to my Database administrator :) )

[Krzysztof Skotnicki]

SELECT CF.cfname, count(CV.ISSUE) FROM customfield CF join customfieldvalue CV on CF.ID = CV.CUSTOMFIELD
group by CF.cfname

mysql 

[Dalectric]

SQL to find which workflows reference a customfield

select * from jiraworkflows wf where wf.descriptor like '%customfield_10281%';

[Divya Yathagiri Venkata]

Hi,

This query didn't give any results for me. I am trying to get a list of projects where a couple of custom fields are being used.

The fields are being used in multiple projects but I can't export all the issues since there are too many issues to expect and it forbids me to export more than 10k issues.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

The approach that worked for me best is to export the workflows into XML and then search the custom field id using a text editor. If you have numerous workflows, it is also not a pretty solution!

Using a few JQLs you can find isues where the custom field is populated and maybe find the workflows and screens associated with that project easily.

[Peter Van de Voorde]

Hi Marcel,

I don't think there is a quick solution for your problem.

It's not possible to see the usage of a custom field through the web interface.

It will probably be possible with some queries in the database.

Best regards,

Peter

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For server - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220239/config-insights-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview

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[Jonathan Hult]

Two other add-ons:

• https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/systems.npe.jira.cfu/server/overview
• https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.keplerrominfo.jira.plugins.commons/server/overview
  • https://confluence.kepler-rominfo.com/x/XARLAQ

[Mirek]

Maybe it could be useful for someone in the future.. There is a plugin - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/pl.com.tt.admintoolsforjira.AdminToolsForJira that have custom field usage feature. It was very helpful for me to delete couple of custom fields without digging into database. You can give it a try.

[Marcel Plomp (inactive)]

THX.

For queries in the database I'll turn to my database administrator. Most custom fields are not used in workflows, so I'll try to find if they are populated using JQL.