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A calculated custom field that returns the author of the last modification made to a field.

Adding a Last Field Value Change Author custom field

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To add a Last Field Value Change Author custom field type to your instance:

  1. Log in to JIRA as an administrator.
  2. Go to the Administration icon  and click on it.
  3. Click on Issues - > Custom fields.
  4. Click on Add custom field.
  5. Click on Advanced in the left panel.
  6. Locate Last Field Value Change Author Field and select it.
  7. Click on Next.
  8. Provide a name for the custom field
  9. You can optionally provide a description for the custom field.
  10. Click on Create
  11. Associate the custom field to the appropriate screens.
  12. Locate the custom field in the Custom fields administration page and click on the cog wheel.
  13. Click on Configure and and specify the field to look for (explained below).
  14. You can create multiple contexts if you need to associate different fields with particular projects or issue types.
  15. Perform a re-index as prompted by JIRA.


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Note

If you have upgraded from JMCF 1.x to 2.x please refer to the upgrade guide.

Search template:

When creating a Last Field Value Change Author custom field type, you can configure the Search template as User Picker searcher to be able to search issues for a user in that custom field. If you select “None” for the searcher, then you won’t see any reference to this field in the Issue Navigator search fields. Note that changing a custom field searcher requires a re-index.

Specifying the field to look for

a Last Field Value Change Author custom field type

To specify the field to look for a Last Field Value Change Author custom field type;:

  1. Locate the custom field on the Custom Fields administration page.
  2. Click on the cog wheel and click on Configure
  3. Click on Edit Field to look for.
  4. Select a field from the Field drop-down.
  5. Click on Save.

To modify the field to look for a Last Field Value Change Author custom field type;

  • Locate the custom field on the Custom Fields administration page.
  • Click on the cog wheel and click on Configure
    • Click on Edit Field to look for
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    Modify the field from the Field drop-down
    2. Click on Save.