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 make text field (multi-line) custom field support richtext/wiki format in Jira like the Description System field.

If you want to see your text field multi-line customfields in JIRA like the system field “Description“, it’s very easy. Just create the field (text field multi-line), and in the Field Configuration Scheme of the project change the field Render to “Wiki Style“. This is all! (Click here to see how to construct your Description…

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