Create custom field from Plugin

[Jorge Jerez]

Hi, I'm just developing a plugin, this need a Custom Field for work, I just want to know if I can create this custom field when the plugin get installed, and make this field uneditable to the Jira users.

I can't fing any tutorial or documentation about that

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

It is possible to add a custom field on installation of a App but it's quite a lot of work in the App, and usually really not worth it.  In the docs for your App, it's probably easier to ask the administrator to add the field as they require it.

For the "uneditable for the users", you have two choices - use (or write) a field type that is not editable, or write a vast amount of code to track down where a field might be used and make sure it's not on an edit/create/transition screen etc.