[JIRA] Does adding a field using the Ticket drop down box affect only that specific ticket?

[Woon Suan Loo]

Does adding a field using the Ticket drop down box on a specific ticket (‘’Add Field’’ drop down on a specific ticket) only affect that specific ticket? Or will other tickets of the same issue type/project be affected as well? 

I wanted to add a field only to specific tickets instead of all tickets of the same issue type/in the same project/JIRA portal.

Thanks for reading!

N.B. Illustration of adding a field using the Ticket drop down box:

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Ok, thanks.  That link takes you to the admin section where you can add fields.

Fields belong to issue types in a project (or entire projects, or everything).  So, no, you can't add a field to an individual issue.  You have to add it to the definition of that type of issue, and then you can put data in it, or leave it empty.

[Woon Suan Loo]

Thank you very much for answering the query I have posted!

[Woon Suan Loo]

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

What do you mean by "ticket drop down box"?  I'm afraid that is too vague a phrase to tell us where you are looking. 

Do you mean the "manage fields" on the issue create and edit screens that a user sees (and is for customising their view only), or are we looking at the administration area?

[Woon Suan Loo]