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Create a Colored Label Manager custom field

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Colored Label Manager custom fields can be created like Jira native custom fields

As Jira Administrator:

  1. As Jira Administrator:

    1. Click on

    Settings
    1. Apps

    2. Go to →

    Issues
    1. Colored Labels

    2. Click on

    Custom fields (Side-navigation)

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    1. Colored Label Fields

    2. Click on Create

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Select All → Search Label

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→ Select Colored Labels

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Click Next

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    1. Colored Label Field

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    1. Enter a Name and Description

    2. Click Create

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  1. Optional: Associate the new created field with screens

  2. Click on update
    Label Manager Custom Fields behave like normal custom fields and need to be put on the correct screens to appear in projects.

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Colored Label Manger (Global Administration)

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Only Jira administrator can access Global Administration

To access Global Administration

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Click on Apps

  3. Open Colored Labels from the left sidebar

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In order to use label fields in Software project you should add them to the appropriate screens.

 

 

To check which software type project (Company-managed or Team-managed) you need help with, look at the bottom of your project’s left-hand sidebar: If you see an icon stating You’re in a team-managed project and Learn more menu items, you're in a team-managed project:

 

 

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  • Select Project settings > Issue types > Search and add you colored label field

If you don't, you're in a company-managed project.

  • Select Project settings > Issues > Layout > Edit Issue Layout > Search and add your colored label field

 

 

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You should see something like this:

 

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New created Label have by default the color (grey-light).

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This is a list of all the Jira labels used in your Jira instance, in this view you can manage Global Colored labels :

  1. Create label and add it to a Jira issues

  2. Add color to labels

  3. Add description to labels

  4. Search for specific labels

  5. Check how many issues one label is assinged

  6. Export labels to CSV

  7. Edit labels

  8. Merge labels

  9. Delete one or multiple labels

  10. Add label to multiple Jira issues.

  11. Remove label from multiple Jira issues

The Click to see issues column shows you how many times a label has been used. Clicking on that link opens a new tab with a filter that shows all issues with that label in your project.

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