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Smart Fields for Jira ships with two universal and dynamic custom field types for all kinds of needs.

Instead of flooding your Jira site with many potentially unused and unneeded field types, you only need to create and configure a smart field when you really need it.

What you want to see as the output is entirely up to you. The expression editor, best known from our best-rated Jira app Jira Workflow Toolbox (Cloud), will surface the data you need and display the results in one of the following field types:

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Navigate to the custom field section of the Jira administration.  Administration → Issues → Fields → Custom Fields


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Click on Create custom field


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Click on Advanced and select either a Smart number field or Smart text field.


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Add a custom name.


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Optionally add a description.

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Always use descriptive descriptions. They will help you to directly identify what the field is about. 



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Associate the field with a relevant View screen or skip this configuration step as you can update the field layout of the issue view later on.


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Find your newly created field and navigate to the configuration screen. ... → Context and default value → Edit custom field config

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Enter a valid expression or try using one of the built-in examples. 

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Need some inspiration? We have prepared some really helpful use cases and expressions for you. Check them out here: Use case library



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Check the results

Browse to an issue and view the result.

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Remember: All Smart fields are read-only and cannot be manually updated.

The calculation of each Smart field is triggered as soon as an issue is being loaded. The calculation itself may take more time to complete than the loading process of the issue. In these cases, a tooltip will appear informing you that the calculation process is not yet completed.

Refresh the browser to reload the result.



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