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 Date range picker
to be able to search issues within a date/time range of values for that custom field and it can be used in statistics dashboard gadgets (see below). 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 range picker with statistics compatibility are searchers that allow calculated date/time fields to be used in statistics gadgets. Date range picker (Statistics by day),
andDate range picker (Statistics by month),
Date range picker (Statistics by quarter),
searchers display the field in statistics gadgets by day, month, quarter and year respectively.
Date range picker (Statistics by year)
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