A calculated Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field type represents a |
To add a Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field to your instance:
Issues - > Custom fields.
Add custom field
.Advanced
in the left panel.Last Field Value Change Date/Time Field
and select it.Next
.Create
Configure
and and and specify the field to look for (explained below).If you have upgraded from JMCF |
When creating a Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field type, you can configure the Search template as
Using these searchers you will be able to search issues within a date/time range of values for that custom field. The default search template is Date/Time range searcher (Statistics by day). 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.
Date/Time range searcher (Statistics by day/week/month/quarter/year) are custom statistics compatible searchers provided by JMCF that allow Date/Time type custom fields of Jira and JMCF to be used in the statistics gadgets. See here for more information.
To specify the field to look for :
Configure
Edit Field to look for
Field
drop-down.Save
By default, the Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field type value is displayed using Jira's default date format (if you leave the Date Format
to Default
). However, you can customize it. To select a format for a Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field type value;
Configure
Click on Edit Date Format.
Date format
drop-down.Save.
By default, the Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field type value is displayed using Jira's default date format (if you leave the Date Column Format
to Default
) in tabular views. However, you can customize it. To select a format for a Last Field Value Change Date/Time custom field type value in List views;
Configure
Click on Edit Date Column Format.
Date format
drop-down.Save.
For example, if you select the COMPLETE
option in the Date Format/Date Column Format
, and the value captured is Thu Jan 25 15:20:34 IST 2018
, then the value will be formatted to 25/Jan/18 3:20 PM
.
You can 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 Date/Time custom field type value:
Configure
Edit Velocity Template
.Save.
You can use the following Velocity variables in the template:
$value
: the raw field value, a Date object$formattedValue
: the field value formatted according to the field configurationFor example:
<div style="border: dashed"> $formattedValue </div> |
displays the date in a dashed box.
The Never show on Transition and Edit screens
option controls whether the Last field value Change Date/Time 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.
You can access this field using any of the following getters of the Issue interface
get("Your custom field name") or get("customfield_xxxxx")
that returns a
Timestamp
getAsString("Your custom field name")
or
getAsString("customfield_xxxxx")
that returns a String
representing a date+time