How to create a Jira custom field with options from an external REST API

To do this exercise, we will use the famous plugin for Jira called Adaptavist Scriptrunner. First step, we need to create a REST Endpoint in our Jira Server. This REST Endpoint will query the external REST API to obtain the values and options (In this example we will query GitHub to obtain a list of…

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How to create a Jira Server script field to show in all parent ticket the SUM of some customfield of all subtasks

In this exercise we want to create a new custom field of type Scriptfield of Scriptrunner Jira plugin. This script field will sum all the values of some customfield of its subtasks. Just go to Add-ons –> Scriptrunner –> Script Fields and create a new Script field like this (Total…): Now place a script like…

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JQL Trick: How to search for labels with a wildcard expression in Jira Server

If your company has installed Adaptavist Scriptrunner you are in luck! You are available to do a search for labels using a wildcard expression using JQL You can use the JQL function issueFieldMatch Example of usage: issueFunction in issueFieldMatch(“project = JRA”, “labels”, “ie[8|9]”) This will search for tickets with “ie8” and “ie9” labels issueFunction in…

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