can fields be disabled in batch when configuring project fileds?

[liansheng zhang]

I have about 50 custom fields in my jira server， and for a certain project, I use 10 of them.

I go to "view all issues and filters" of the project where I can search issue via fields combination.  All 50 fields are shown (in "more") for user to select for filtering， though 40 of them have nothing to do with the project. It is confusing and anoying.

To avoid showing unnecessary fields to user when filtering, i have to go to field configuration of the project and disable the 40 unncessary fields manually one by one. It's a borning work and take long time.

Is there any way to disable unnecessary fields quickly in batch?  or is there any way to make all fields disabled at the very beginning when creating a project then I can enable those needed one by one.

[Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire} · Accepted solution]

@liansheng zhang

Creating a project template and using that template for project creation will help you. In your template you can define the field configuration and subsequently you can use the template to create new project .

Regards

Prakhar

[liansheng zhang]

Thanks Prakhar, I will use template to create project in future.

And, any way to handle the existing projects? I have 20 existing projects :-(    can you help me out? 

[Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}]

@liansheng zhang

In order to change the field configuration of existing projects , you may need some sort automation tool to do this for you.

You can use Bobswift CLI Add-on to assign a new field configuration to all or some of your existing project with the help of single command.

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/91881524/Documentation#Documentation-updateProject

--action updateProject --project yourprojectkey --fieldConfigurationScheme newFieldConfigurationScheme

Or you can change the existing field configuration with command as well :

https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/91881524/Documentation#Documentation-runFromFieldConfigurationList

Regards

Prakhar