Is there a way to expose a jira issue custom field in Advanced Roadmaps?
Asked by Sam:

At Advanced Roadmaps plan, I wanted to expose a field from our jira issue, which is a custom field. I don't seem to be able to find it in the field search.


Answers:
author: Tim Perrault
body: Hi [@Sam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5015842)

Go to your plans settings and then add the custom field you want in the custom field section under source data. Then back on your plan page, click on the fields drop down and add the custom field you want.

comments: author: Sam
body: I know Adv Roadmaps has its own Custom Field capability, but I thought it is layered and kept separately from the jira issues custom fields. Is it not?


author: Daniel Capizzi
body: Hi [@Sam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5015842) - Advanced Roadmaps has the ability to show custom fields that have been set up in Jira, but it doesn't have a separate set of custom fields to the Jira issue custom fields.

You can take a look at our [documentation for viewing custom fields in Advanced Roadmaps](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/add-and-view-custom-fields-in-advanced-roadmaps/) for more info on getting them displayed.

Something to note is that Advanced Roadmaps only supports the following custom field types and any others are unfortunately not possible to show in your plan:  
* team

* checkbox

* date picker

* user picker (single user)

* number

* radio button

* single-choice select

* multiple-choice select

* single-line text

* URL (read-only)

Cheers,

Daniel


author: Sam
body: To prefix, I am trying this on Data Center v9.x.

In my project, I have some custom fields already defined in the jira issues, e.g. "Planned Effort".

In the plan, I clicked on "Fields" to try to find it for display. Typing in the search box, nothing matches.

Do I need to add a new custom field in Plans when my jira issue already has that custom field?


author: Daniel Capizzi
body: That's correct - by default Advanced Roadmaps doesn't get to see the custom fields that you've created on your issues, so you'll need to go into the configuration and "add" them.

To clarify, this doesn't create a new custom field for your issue, it just makes the existing field you've created visible in Advanced Roadmaps.

Thanks for the heads up you're on Data Center! The process should look very similar, but I've included a few steps below to hopefully make it a bit easier. Let me know if you run into any problems and I'd be happy to try and help out.

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1. Open your plan configuration

![Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.07.57 pm.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/268249i0B7BFC7D48C65942/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.07.57 pm.png")

2. Navigate to "Add custom field"

![Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.09.00 pm.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/268250i302099D20F13BAE8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.09.00 pm.png")

3. Select your custom field and add it

![Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.12.52 pm.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/268251i3823093A609B8E30/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.12.52 pm.png")

4. From here you can add your custom field to the fields on your timeline

![Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.15.00 pm.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/268252iA510DCC0BB40E35D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 1.15.00 pm.png")


author: Sam
body: Thanks for the detailed description, I will try that.

What kind of roles/permissions would I need to be able to add custom fields in the plan? Project Admin, etc.?


author: Daniel Capizzi
body: No problem at all!

Advanced Roadmaps has it's own permission system that makes use of the Jira user groups so it's hard to say exactly which role you need without knowing how that's set up on your instance, but as long as you have the ability to view, edit and create a plan you should be able to go through these steps.


author: Sam
body: ok. understood.

If my plan is using days instead of Story points, is the "Estimates" column stored only in ARM or it is actually stored/coming from the jira issue itself?


author: Sam
body: [@Daniel Capizzi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4481232) , any insight on the "Estimates" field in ARM?


author: Tim Perrault
body: [@Sam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5015842)

You will see the estimates field on the issue. If you change the estimate on the board you will see it reflected on the ticket and vice versa.


author: Sam
body: Now, I have to look for the "Estimates" field in my project issues.


author: Tim Perrault
body: [@Sam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5015842)

So you will need to look for the "Time Tracking" field.


author: Sam
body: Ok, I will request to make that field visible in my project then.

I appreciate your responses, is there a documentation that actually describes that mapping so that I can be knowledgeable about how to use ARM?


author: Tim Perrault
body: So the best I can offer you in terms of documentation without going out to search for it specifically would be to start [here](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/plan-and-view-cross-project-work-with-advanced-roadmaps/) and then take a look at the [tutorials](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/advanced-roadmaps/tutorials#manage-dependencies-in-advanced-roadmaps)

There is also a [course](https://university.atlassian.com/student/page/817180-planning-with-advanced-roadmaps-course-description?sid=c9952ce2-5597-476a-93d6-5c1f7439bb92&sid_i=0) on atlassian university, but keep in mind this is not free. Maybe your company will foot the bill as it seems pretty reasonable :) .


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