"Smart Checklist Progress" Custom Field setup instructions
- Alina Kachan
- Oleksandr Haiun
- Olena Brazhko
- Oleksandra Kravets
Smart Checklist Progress enables monitoring of checklist progress and validates completion during issue transitions 🔥.
☝🏼NOTE: This page is primarily relevant for Smart Checklist add-on versions earlier than v.5.0.0.
For v.5.0.0 and above, Smart Checklist automatically sets up all custom fields during installation. However, you may still find useful information here about manual field configuration.
👤 JIRA PERMISSION REQUIRED: Make sure you have JIRA Administrators global permission to Configure Custom Fields.
Purpose 🎯
Track Checklist progress directly on the Agile Board → Progress on Agile Board
Validate checklist completion before issue transitions → Validate before transition
Setup Guide
Go to Issues → Custom Fields in your Jira Administration settings.
Click the Add custom field button.
Choose Text Field (single line) → click the Next button.
Set the name to “Smart Checklist Progress” 👉🏼 Be sure to use the exact capitalization and wording.
Configure Context of the field:
a. Select Apply to Issues in selected projects if you only need the field to be available in specific projects.
b. Select Apply to all issues on your instance if you want the progress value of checklists to be available for all projects.
You can optionally associate the Smart Checklist Progress custom field with the screens where you wish to display checklist progress.
You are all set! 🚀