how to add custom field to issue not seen in the UI

Question

I'm looking to insert meta-data/ into issues that are not seen in the JIRA UI. Basically, via rest, set a simple key:value item in certain issues.

Users would never see the data (field), it would be for reporting purposes only.  Is there a simple way to do this, or must all fields set be seen via the web facing part of JIRA ?

Brian Wotring · Answer

Entity Properties looks very promising. Is there by chance a way to allow this data to be used in the built-in JIRA reporting or is that limited only to actual fields ?

Midori · Answer

If you go for simple key-value pairs, REST is OK and you want to hide this data from the user, why don't you try Entity Properties? It sounds this is exactly what you look for.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Good point Udo, yes, there are all sorts of ways the data on the field will be visible.