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Where to find

To Access the Administer Fields for Project's dialog:

1. Access the relevant project.

2. Go to 

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3. Click on the Administer Fields button Under Components:
   

4. A dialog similar to this one should open:

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5. You're good to go!

Create Field

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In this tab you can create a new field for your project by following these steps:

1. Enter the field name and type. Note that you can't add a field with the same name as an existing one.

2. If you choose a select field to add (e.g. Select List (Single)), an Options text box will open, add your options there.

3. You can also add a description to your field and limit the use of this field for specific issue types.

4. If you want to create multiple fields, make sure the 

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   checkbox is checked.

5. Hit the 

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    button to create the field.

6. You should get this flag:

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7. The field was created with a context only for this project, this means that it won't appear on any screen for issues that are not in the project. Learn more about Field Contexts in Atlassian Documentation.

8. Make sure to add the field to the screens at Update Screen tab.

9. If you added a field with options (e.g. Select List), you can add more options to it at Update Options tab.

Supported Field Types - Create Field

Field Configuration

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In this tab you can set the field configuration(show/ hide the field or set it required/ optional) by following these steps:

1. Select the field you would like to configure.

2. Select the issue types you would like to configure.  Note that you can impact other issue types if they use a shared Field Configuration.

3. If you want to configure multiple fields, make sure the 

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   checkbox is checked.

4. Hit the 

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    button to configure the field.

5. If you set a field to be required, it cannot be hidden. 

Update Options

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In this tab you can edit options of a select field (see supported fields in the right) by following these steps:

1. Check Existing Field checkbox if you want to edit options of a field that has context to this project, or New Context for Field checkbox if you want to add a new context to a field.

2. Select the field you would like to edit its options. Only fields with types from the supported types will appear in the list.

3. If the field is a Select List (cascading) type, check Option checkbox to edit the parent options, or Sub Option to edit the sub-options.

   1.  If you want to edit sub-options, you have to pick a parent option to edit its sub-options.

4. Enter new options in the New Value text box. Note that you can't add an option with the same name as an existing one in the field.

5. Sort the options with the 

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   button or with drag and drop.

6. Edit an existing option by changing its value in the Option Value column. Enable/disable an option by clicking on the 

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   button.

7. If you want to edit multiple fields, make sure the 

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   checkbox is checked.

8. Hit the 

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    button to save the options.

9. You should get this flag:

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Supported Field Types - Add and Delete Option