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Calculated (Scripted) Single-User custom field type

NEW IN JMCF 2.0.0

A Calculated Single-user custom field type represents an ApplicationUser and is displayed as a String representing the display name of the user. It is a read-only field.

Adding a Calculated Single-user custom field type

To add a Calculated Single-user 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 Calculated Single-user Field type 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. Add options for the custom field.
  11. Click on Create
  12. Associate the custom field to the appropriate screens.
  13. Locate the custom field in the Custom fields administration page and click on the cog wheel.
  14. Click on Configure and create a formula (explained below) for the field.
  15. You can create multiple contexts if you need to associate different formulas with particular projects or issue types.
  16. Perform a re-index as prompted by JIRA.

Search template

When creating a Calculated Single-user custom field type, you can configure the Search template as User Picker & Group 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.

Configuring the Groovy formula for a Calculated Single-user custom field type

To write a formula for the Calculated Single-user 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 Groovy Formula
  4. In the editor write a Groovy script that returns a String representing a username or an ApplicationUser object. Also, you can test your script against any issue using the Groovy script tester.
  5. Click on Save.

As documented on the Expected Value tab of the Groovy editor help, the Groovy formula must return either:

Examples of Groovy formula for a Calculated Single-user custom field type:

  • A Groovy expression returning a String representing the username

    "carter"
  • A Groovy expression returning an ApplicationUser object

    issue.get("reporter")

Customizing the display of the Calculated Single-user custom field type value on the issue detail view

You can define a velocity template that will return the Html representation of the calculated custom field on the issue detail view. Leave it empty to use the default template. 

To write a velocity template for a Calculated Single-user custom field type value:

  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 Velocity Template.
  4. Input the template.
  5. Click on Save.

You can use the following Velocity variables in the template:

  • $value: the raw field value, an ApplicationUser object.
  • $formattedValue: String representing the display name of the user
  • and other variables described on this page

For example:

<div style="border: solid">
  $formattedValue,$value.name
</div>

displays the user display name and username.

Customizing the display of the Calculated Single-user custom field type value on the search list view

You can define a velocity template that will return the Html representation of the calculated custom field on the search list view. Leave it empty to use the default template. 

To write a velocity template for a Calculated Single-user custom field type value:

  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 List View Velocity Template.
  4. Input the template.
  5. Click on Save.

You can use the following Velocity variables in the template:

  • $value: the raw field value, an ApplicationUser object.
  • $formattedValue: String representing the display name of the user
  • and other variables described on this page

For example:

<div style="border: solid">
  $formattedValue,$value.name
</div>

displays the user display name and username.

Displaying the Calculated Single-user custom field type on Transition and Edit screen

The Never show on Transition and Edit screens option controls whether the calculated Single-user custom field can appear on transition and edit screens. If you select this option, the field will not be visible on any Edit or Transition screen, even if it is added to the screen.

Accessing the Calculated Single-user custom field from other Groovy scripts

You can access this field using any of the following getters of the Issue interface