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The "Traffic Lights" custom field provides
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summary Traffic lights Elevate your Jira experience with the 'Traffic Lights' custom field, offering a visually intuitive way to signal the status of tasks, issues, or projects at a glance. Similar to traffic signals guiding us on the road, this field employs a color-coded system to communicate item states. Whether tracking task completion, monitoring project health, or enhancing team communication, 'Traffic Lights' adds versatility, clarity, and simplicity to your Jira workflow.
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Field Configuration

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Before starting the field configuration, please follow the instructions for creating custom fields

Create a Custom Field

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Step 1: Set a Name And Description

Provide a good name for the new custom field. Make it descriptive, concise, and easy to understand for others who will use it. Avoid using ambiguous or overly technical terms.

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Step 2: Configure Your Custom Field

The traffic lights field allows you to choose from a pre-defined set of field sizes.

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Step 3 (Optional): Enable Custom Labeling

If you want to set a custom label for each traffic light state you can do so by enabling the labeling option on the right.

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Clicking the selected status again will reset it to "EMPTY".

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Related Use Cases

WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First)Calendar field

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More use cases are coming soon. In the meantime, check out our other use cases.

Jira Service Management (JSM)

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Before you can add a custom field for Jira Service Management (JSM) projects, you first need to setup the custom field: https://help-seibertmedia.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACF/pages/12746768/Traffic+Lights#Field-Configuration. Then follow this the guide to use Traffic Lights in the request form or the portal view: Add Custom Fields to Jira Service Management

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Data Structure (Automation

JQL expression

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${fieldName}.State: GREEN | YELLOW | RED | EMPTY
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Find further information here https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/find-specific-issues/

Example 1: a search for all issues with green traffic lights

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"Traffic Lights.State" = GREEN

Example 2: a search for all issues with with an unset or EMPTY traffic lights status (EMPTY is also a JQL keyword).

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"Traffic Lights.State" = EMPTY OR "Traffic Lights.State" = "EMPTY"

Data structure (automation)

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Use Custom Fields with Automation (DRAFT)custom fields with automation

To set the value via automation, you need the following object structure

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{
  "state": "GREEN" | "YELLOW" | "RED" | "EMPTY"
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summary We Are Here To Help Live Demo Reach out to our product team to explore how we can turn your use case into reality together. SCHEDULE FOR FREE Support Our dedicated team is here to assist you with any questions or challenges you may encounter. CONTACT US Feature Request Got an idea for a custom field, a new feature or a particular use case? We're delighted to hear about it! SUBMIT YOUR IDEA Happy? Please let the community know! If you're enjoying your experience with Awesome Custom Fields, we'd love to hear about it! Your feedback helps us grow and improve. RATE US ON THE ATLASSIAN MARKETPLACE
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