Working with Custom Fields

If you make use of Custom Fields in your Jira Solution, you can use them for the synchronization process.

Getting ID of the Custom Field

To identify the correct id of your custom field, please them on your configuration as shown in the following image:

Field Configuration

On the field configuration, chose the relevant configuration for your field:

  1. The function that will be used to convert the field

  2. The id of the custom field that the information will be extracted from.

    1. Attention: This field must be available in the mapped Issue Type.

Field Conversion

Sometimes, the information from the Custom Field should be converted to allow us to synchronize correctly all the information from the tickets. Therefore, a field called function should be informed during the creation of the field. The following conversion functions are available:

 

Function

Explanation

Function

Explanation

Export

Main function to extract the data from Jira as it is. The format of the extraction is highly dependent on the type of field that the information is being collected from.

CustomField to ABAP Boolean (X)

If the custom field has any value, it will be converted to “X”. If the field is not informed, an empty text ““ will be sent to SAP Solution Manager.