How do I set columns for filters if there are no issues appearing?

[SSchoepel]

I am the person who sets up some of the filters for the team but sometimes the filters are for the "current user" and do not display any issues for me. If I don't have any issues there is no way for me to set the default columns for the filter. Anyone know how to do this? And please don't say to set up a "test" issue as we are a regulated product and we cannot clutter our projects with bogus issues.

[SSchoepel]

We do as a test project on the same server. Will the filter columns copy if I copy the filter and do a save-as? I hadn't thought of that.

[Tarun Sapra]

But then if your JIRA is so "Regulated" why don't you have a test instance of jira?