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What is Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF)?

(supported since Better PDF Exporter 5.1.0)

Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF) offers calculated (scripted) custom fields to display information based on computed values. Those result in more useful issue screens, better search, better filtering, more powerful reports and dashboards.

Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF) integration features

  • You can export the Jira Misc Custom Fields custom field types like Last Field Change Time, Last Field Changed by User, Parent Status, Scripted date, Scripted datetime, Scripted duration, Scripted group, Scripted group collection, Scripted number, Scripted string, Scripted string collection, Scripted user, Scripted user collection, Status Entered by User, Status Entered Time, Time In Status, Time in Status Table, Transition Count, Transition Time, Transitioned by User and Transitioned by Users to PDF.
  • Formatters are not supported.

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Tutorial video

Better PDF Exporter exports all your calculated (scripted) fields implemented with Jira Misc Custom Fields to PDF. (Although the video below was captured about the app's Server version, the Cloud version is very similar.)

Exporting Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF) data to PDF
Exporting Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF) data to PDF

Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF) PDF export samples

Jira issue with JMCF custom fields

Jira issue with JMCF custom fields

This PDF document contains custom field samples of various types, calculated by the Jira Misc Custom Fields app. For example, the "Work Started by" field contains the user who transitioned the issue to the "Under development" status the first time, while the "Description Last Changed by" field is an example for the Last Field Value Change Author custom field type, and so on.

jira-misc-custom-fields-single-issue-export.pdf

Jira issue list with JMCF custom fields

Jira issue list with JMCF custom fields

JMCF custom fields are also supported when bulk-exporting Jira issues to a table in a PDF document. In this sample, exported from the Issue Navigator, the values in the last 7 columns are all scripted and calculated by the Jira Misc Custom Fields app.

jira-misc-custom-fields-issue-list-export.pdf

Configuration

Configuring the Jira Misc Custom Fields custom fields

There is nothing to do. Better PDF Exporter will automatically recognize the Jira Misc Custom Fields managed fields and export them accordingly.

Learn more about Jira Misc Custom Fields (JMCF)