can I create a custom issue attribute?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

What do you mean by "attribute"?  What's wrong with a simple custom field to hold the data?

[StephanieC]

They want it to appear in the top section with "Status" and "Resolution" 

I have created a drop-down field called "Action Pending" (Appears in the Project Information tab under details) which contains choices like : 

Internal Feedback
Client Feedback
Estimation

Release Assignment, Etc. 

These fields are meant to serve as "sub-statuses" that show a more granular status without adding a bazillion things to the workflows (there are 15 choices in all) 

PMs and development managers create filters against these fields to find issues they need to follow up on. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ok, well, the custom field will do the job, but the section you're talking about is for the built-in "system fields".  There's no way to add to those without hacking the core code in quite a lot of depth)

The closest you can get is a custom field which you then move into the system field area.  Again by hacking core code, but only a little bit - the layout of the issue view page is the only bit that needs changing.

[StephanieC]

Perfect answer Nic ! - I shall tell them, "No".