Installation

Download & Installation

Visit the Atlassian Marketplace to download and install the app.

1. Log into your Jira instance as an admin.

2. Click the admin dropdown and choose Add-ons.

3. Click Find new Apps from the left-hand side of the page.

4. Locate Customfield Editor for Jira via search.

5. Click Install to download and install the app.

6. You're all set!

Note: If you are not already a Customfield Editor customer, you will start a free 30 day trial. Be sure to purchase a license before your trial expires.

App licensing

For using the Customfield Editor for Jira purchase a license in the Atlassian Marketplace that fits your Jira Host edition.

If your trial is expired or without a valid license you can't use the Customfield Editor for Jira app and it will show messages like in the screenshot below. Go to Troubleshooting for more information.

To retrieve detailed app license information, you can use the UPM REST API:

curl http://my.jira/rest/plugins/1.0/jiracustomfieldeditorplugin-key/license \
-G -u admin:admin

{
...
"pluginKey": "jiracustomfieldeditorplugin",
"valid": false,
"error": "EXPIRED",
"evaluation": true,
"nearlyExpired": false,
"maximumNumberOfUsers": 10,
"maintenanceExpiryDate": 1548501780385,
"maintenanceExpired": true,
"licenseType": "DEVELOPER",
"licenseTypeDescriptionKey": "DEVELOPER",
"creationDateString": "Sep 29, 2018",
"expiryDate": 1555428785664,
"expiryDateString": "Apr 16, 2019",
"rawLicense": "AAABEA0ODAoPeNp9UE1Pg0AUvO+v...==X02dt",
...
"organizationName": "Atlassian",
"enterprise": false,
"dataCenter": false,
...
}

You can also use the UPM REST API to install a license:

curl http://my.jira/rest/plugins/1.0/jiracustomfieldeditorplugin-key/license \
-X PUT \
-u admin:admin \
-H "Content-Type:application/vnd.atl.plugins+json" \
-d '{"rawLicense":"LICENSE_HERE"}'

App compatibility

Each app version is only compatible to a certain range of Jira versions. This is due to the Rollforward-Release-Strategy and the ever changing App-API provided by Jira. Go to Version history in the Atlassian Marketplace to see which app version is compatible to the respective Jira version.

Note: If you want to use the latest Customfield Editor version you need to upgrade to the latest version of Jira.

App 3rdparty compatibility

The app is compatible to some other other Atlassian Marketplace Apps. We try to always be compatible to the latest version of those apps.

App versioning & Release strategy

Starting with app version 1.3.0 we use semantic versioning with MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH for a comprehensible versioning scheme:

• X = major version change
  Only changes when huge changes were made like a complete rewrite of the codebase.

• X.Y = minor version change
  Indicates new features or compatibility changes to new Jira version.

• X.Y.Z = patch version change
  Used for small changes like bug fixing but nothing changes regarding compatibility issues.

The release strategy is roll-forward meaning:

• Bugfixes will not be backported and only included in new releases.

• Features will not be backported and only included in new releases.