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Context
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Traffic Lights Configuration
Traffic Light field values are configured on the field configuration page. Go to Settings → Issues → Custom Fields. Find your custom field and navigate to the configuration page through a 3-dot menu of a STAGIL Traffic Light Custom Field → select Contexts and default values → Edit custom field configuration.
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Create field context
Select Contexts and default value → Add a new context. Choose certain applicable issue types or projects or make your custom field available globally across your Jira instance. You can create a new context if you need to associate different default values and options with different projects or issue types.
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Edit field context
First, fill in a label and description for your new context. This is a mandatory configuration, but that will only be used for internal reference in the administration section.
Then choose an applicable project or projects. Choose “Global context” to apply to all issues across all projects in Jira.
If the field should be available across all issue types of the selected projects select “Apply to issues under selected projects”. Otherwise, select applicable issue types in the list above.
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Field Configuration
STAGIL Traffic Lights can be tailored according to your needs through field colour customization. You can choose the colours used for visualisation and rename them accordingly.
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Translation
Custom Field 3-dot menu also leads to the translation page where you can confirm the name of the field in
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Lights: By default, Traffic Lights are named according to their position - Left, Middle and Right. The implied position is the one on the traffic lights scheme in issue view, in search table etc.
Colour: you can use the ubiquitous combination of red, yellow and green or customize the colours by clicking on the colour box.
Name: values can be assigned to each light to simplify light management from the issue view screen or during a search.
How many traffic light options can be configured for 1 field?
Users can configure as many traffic light options as needed. In the issue view, the field will still show 3 lights, but the users will see more options in the option select dialogue.
Traffic Lights field in issue view
The configuration screenshot above showcased a Traffic Light field that represents the timeline range of an issue. Let's see what it will look like in an issue view when:
a) displayed in the Description fields tab
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b) displayed as part of Context fields in the Details tab
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Editing Traffic Lights fields
To change the lights in the issue view, click on the field. Select the necessary option and click Save.
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Default values
Default values are currently defined as a JSON object.
Use the following format:
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{"light":"Right","name":"Scheduled"} |
Find values for “light” and “name” here https://stagil.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/STLJC/pages/2080604161/Field+values#Traffic-Lights-Configuration.