Before you can start using the Mapit plugin, you need to set up some custom fields to store location information for issues.
1. Creating custom fields
Mapit makes use of 3 different custom fields to store location information. If you don't have these fields already, you need to create them:
- A custom field to store geographic latitude position.
We recommend that the custom field name contains "Lat" or "Latitude" (or translations of these). We also recommend adding some explanatory text in the custom field description, such as: "Geographic latitude position for this issue. Format is decimal degrees, e.g. 52.5170365"
- A custom field to store geographic longitude position
We recommend that the custom field name contains "Long" or "Longitude" (or translations of these). We also recommend adding some explanatory text in the custom field description, such as: "Geographic longitude position for this issue. Format is decimal degrees, e.g. 13.3888599"
- A custom field to store address information
We recommend that the custom field name contains "Address" for clarity.
If you have opted for UTM Geographic coordinate system, use only one field holding the value with the position.
All custom fields must be of the supported types:
- Text Field (single-line)
- nFeed Custom Fields,
- Scripted Fields (ScriptRunner).
Please refer to the following Atlassian documentation pages for more information on how to create custom fields:
2. Placing custom fields on screens
The custom fields for latitude position, longitude position and address need to be placed on issue screens in order for them to be visible to your users. If creating custom fields from the admin section, you will be asked to do this in the last step of the creation process, but you can also do this manually. Please refer to the following Atlassian documentation for your preferred method:
3. Associate custom fields with Mapit parameters
Once the custom fields have been created, they need to be mapped to the correct Mapit parameters. Go to the add-ons administration section of your JIRA instance, and choose "General configuration" in the Mapit Configuration section.
- First, select the custom field that should be used to store latitude position
- Next, select the custom field that should be used to store longitude position
- Finally, select the custom field that should be used to store address information
Note that only custom fields of supported types:
- Text Field (single-line)
- nFeed Custom Fields,
- Scripted Fields (ScriptRunner).
will be listed in the drop-downs..