Custom Issue Views in Jira

[Jörg Godau]

How do I create new views to be added to the "Views" button at the top right of each issue? (defaults are XML, Word and Printable)

I need to be able to create and select a view with a subset of fields for some issues.

[Jörg Godau · Accepted solution]

After a very painful interaction with Atlassian Support (https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JSP-166209), I have been told that

the "Views" issue feature for the issue is controlled by the Issue Views Plugin via Administrations > Manage Add-Ons > System Plugins .

The Plugin Key is "jira.issueviews". As reference, you might want to take a look into the <tt>JIRA_Install/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/system-issueviews-plugin.xml</tt>

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

We can't see JSP issues raised by other people. Glad you managed to find it though, and thanks for the pointer, another one for my bookmarks.

[Omprakash Thamsetty]

@Jörg Godau Did you get this done by modifying system-issueviews-plugin.xml file. I also looking to add one like this. I know its too old but if you find anything please let me know . Its great help for me. 

[Midori]

Hi Jörg,

The plugin module type you are looking for is called "single-issue-view", just Google for it.

If you wanted to choose an easier path to achieve your goal, use the PDF View Plugin. Your problem of exporting only a subset of the fields can be easily solved, as this plugin renders template-driven PDF documents, so you just change the fields in the template and you are done.

See the Template Development page in the plugin documentation.

[Jörg Godau]

What I want to do is to extend the functionality of the button "Views" (View this issue in another format) on the Issue page itself.

I do not want to alter views in search results or lists, only on the issue itself.

We are currently running Jira 5.1.x but will be upgrading to the current version 6 in the near future.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Create a view module add-on/plugin for it.

The module you need is https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Search+Request+View+Plugin+Module but you probably want to skim https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+Plugin+Guide from the top for a view on how to write plugins if you've not tried before.

[Jörg Godau]

Hi Nic,

I don't want to add views to the search requests/results, but to the issue itself.

This (https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Search+Request+View+Plugin+Module ) doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for...

Cheers

Jack...

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Oops, sorry, I misunderstood that.

I know you can do this, but I've not done it since Jira 4.0 and I think the structure has changed. I can't find a precise link for you (hopefully someone else will read this and know!), but it's a similar principle - plugin to add a new block of code.

I *think* you need a web-fragment for Jira 5 and 6 - https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Web+Fragments - but I'm really not sure

[Jörg Godau]

The View Issue Page Locations (https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/View+Issue+Page+Locations) seems to include all the parts of the View Issues page, appart from the one I want to extend.

Hopefully someone else can point me at the right place.