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Creating custom field with custom logic
All custom fields that come out of the box with JIRA have predefined purposes, such as
text field, which allows users to type in some simple text. It will often be useful to have a
specialized custom field that does exactly what you need. Unfortunately, this often requires
custom development efforts.
However, there is an add-on that provides a custom field type that lets you use Groovy
scripts to power its logic.
In this recipe, we will look at how to create a custom field that uses a Groovy script to dis-
play the total number of comments on any given issue.
