How can I add custom field of a team-managed project to the card layout of a board?

[Amulya Sankara]

Hi,

I have created a board using a filter (includes the team-managed project and some specific users). I have a custom field 'SW Dev stage' in the team-managed project. 

I want to add this custom field to the card layout of the board, In the Board Settings > Card Layout, it shows that I can add up to 3 fields. However, I cannot see the custom field 'SW Dev stage' in the dropdown options. 

Is there something I am missing?

Appreciate the help. 

Thanks!

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Amulya Sankara 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Based on my experimentation the boards created from filters can add only Globally defined custom fields. The custom fields created locally within Team Managed projects don't appear to be available for adding to the card layout.

I tested that by creating a filter that selected issues from just one team managed project, and creating a board from that filter. When I looked at the Card Layout and searched for custom fields specific to the team managed project, none of them were available.

[Trudy Claspill]

Adding to this, I did not find a change request about being able to add Team Managed custom fields to card layout specifically in a board created from a filter. You may want to ask your Jira Administrators to contact Atlassian Support to ask that such a change request be created. If you do that, it would be nice if you publish a link to the change request here.

There is already a change request about being able to modify the card layout in a the boards that are built-in with Team Managed projects.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-85694

[Sahir Maharaj · Accepted solution]

Hello @Amulya Sankara

To add a custom field from a team-managed project to the card layout of a board, ensure the custom field is correctly configured in the project settings.

Team-managed project fields are unique to the project and may not appear in boards created from filters that span multiple projects.

If the custom field still doesn’t appear, confirm its visibility and try re-adding it under Board Settings > Card Layout.

[Ashish Bijlwan]

Hi @Amulya Sankara 

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

To utilize a custom field across multiple projects, it must be a globally-scoped custom field. You mentioned that you created the field 'SW Dev stage' in a team-managed project, which is not set to global scope. Since the board is using a filter that includes both company-managed and team-managed projects, this is why the field is not visible under Board settings --> Card Layout --> Add fields.

Regards,
Ashish