Sharing Custom Fields across JPD and JIRA

[Emily Nash]

Hey there -- I'm a JIRA newbie, so apologies if this is a stupid question, but I was curious how/if I may be able to link a custom field from JPD to a custom field in JIRA. I want to create a "client" field to organize my ideas lists, that also corresponds to a client field on our dev tickets. Is that simply a "global field?" 

Would love to hear your thoughts! Please and thank you!! 

[Nick Haller · Accepted solution]

Hi @Emily Nash ,

No stupid questions here! You would need to use an automation to map and/or copy fields between JPD ideas and Jira deliveries. It might make sense to use a global field for the use case since it can apply to both projects. 

Take a look at this article on how to map idea's fields to delivery's fields during delivery creation:

Mapping JPD idea fields → Jira delivery fields using automations

If you are trying to map the delivery's fields to the idea's fields when the delivery is updated (after delivery creation), it might look something like this:

^ 4 would be the JPD idea's field, while 4 would be the Jira delivery's field.

Hope that helps! If you are looking for something else, let us know more about the use case.