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Custom Fields

The Custom Fields page allows an incredibly detailed view of the Custom Fields in your Jira system. It is important to understand what you can perform on this page, as there is a lot of functionality.

The table itself contains the following columns:

  • Custom Field ID

  • Custom Field Name

  • Custom Field Type

  • Scope (Context)

  • Suggested Scope

  • Screen Usage - Screens that contain this Custom Field. You can click on this to see them using the Cross-Reference feature.

  • Issue Count - Amount of issues that have a value for this Custom Field in the index

  • Default value set

  • Locked

  • Projects


There are a number features that can be performed on selected custom fields, including:

  • Bulk Delete

  • Export to CSV

  • Create

  • Lock Custom Field

  • Unlock Custom Field

  • View Issues with value

  • View Deep Dive

  • View Screens containing this Custom Field

  • Delete a single Custom Field

Locking Custom Fields

Custom fields are the only object in Optimizer for Jira that can be locked. You can do this by using the Bulk Change feature in the custom field table.

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