Overview

The JIRA Misc Custom Fields plugin's objective is to provide several new types of custom fields for use in custom JIRA workflows (although at this time it only provides one), as well as useful JQL functions.

Included custom field:

• Calculated Number Field : a calculated custom field returning a number (integer or float). It is a read-only field that returns the result of the evaluation of a formula, such as the addition of two other fields.

Included JQL function:

• currentUserPropertyAsList ^{(new in 1.1)}: a JQL function that returns the value of a property of the current user, transforming comma-separated values into a list of values.

Installation

The plugin is a "type TWO" plugin, which means that the plugin can be installed by copying it to jira-home/plugins/installed-plugins or, better yet, using the excellent Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager.

Usage

Calculated Number Field

1. Create a new custom field, choosing "Calculated Number Field" for its type.
2. During step 2, in the Description field, include the calculation formula using the syntax described below.
3. Re-index your data, as JIRA will kindly suggest you to.

Formula syntax

The formula should be included in the field description inside an html comment (so that it remains invisible when showing the field description), preceded by the following keyword: @@Formula: (note the colon at the end). For example:

You can naturally include the real description of the custom field as well. For example:

The formula itself is a Java-style expression that can reference any issue field value, include arithmetic operators as well as any other Java operator, and Java method calls (such as the .size() example above). Access to issue field values is achieved by the following syntax:

where <field_ID> is a built-in JIRA field ID (see this list) or a custom field ID (in the form customfield_nnnnn).

Note that you must make sure the formula returns a number, or null.

Examples

Adding two fields

To add two custom fields, such as "Business Value" and "Technical Value" to get an "Overall Value":

<!-- @@Formula: (issue.get("customfield_10114") != null ? issue.get("customfield_10114") : 0) + (issue.get("customfield_10150") != null ? issue.get("customfield_10150") : 0) --> 

currentUserPropertyAsList

The currentUserPropertyAsList function can be used in a JQL query in an "in" or "not in" condition. It takes one parameter: the name of a user property.
When running the search query, the function will grab the value of the user property and treat it as a comma-separated list of values.

What use is it anyway?

This function is especially useful for building shared filters (and dashboards). You can, for example, create a standard filter that lists open issues for the current user's preferred projects, which you'll store in a user property:

resolution = Unresolved AND project in currentUserPropertyAsList("myProjects")