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
To add a Last Field Value Change Author custom field to your instance:
- Log in to JIRA as an administrator.
- Go to the Administration icon and click on it.
- Click on
Issues - > Custom fields.
- Click on
Add custom field
. - Click on
Advanced
in the left panel. - Locate
Last Field Value Change Author Field
and select it. - Click on
Next
. - Provide a name for the custom field
- You can optionally provide a description for the custom field.
- Click on
Create
- Associate the custom field to the appropriate screens.
- Locate the custom field in the Custom fields administration page and click on the cog wheel.
- Click on
Configure
and and specify the field to look for (explained below). - You can create multiple contexts if you need to associate different fields with particular projects or issue types.
- Perform a re-index as prompted by JIRA.
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, 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
To specify the field to look for:
- 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.
- Select a field from the
Field
drop-down. - Click on
Save.
Return the Html representation of the Last Field Value Change Author custom field type value
You can now define a velocity template that will return the Html representation of the calculated custom field. Leave it empty to use the default template.
To select a format for a Last Field Value Change Author custom field type value:
- Locate the custom field on the Custom Fields administration page.
- Click on the cog wheel and click on
Configure
- Click on
Edit Velocity Template
. - Input the template.
- Click on
Save.
You can use the following Velocity variables in the template:
$value
: the raw field value (such as a Date object for a date/time calculated field)$formattedValue
: the field value formatted according to the field configuration- and other variables described on this page
For example:
<font color="red"> $value </font>