Operations with Specific CustomFieldDefaults

This resource lets you read and update default settings of a custom field in a project.

Resource	/api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields/{fieldID}/fieldDefaults
Returned entity	CustomFieldDefaults. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific CustomFieldDefaults. `POST`: Update a Specific CustomFieldDefaults.

CustomFieldDefaults attributes

Represents default project-related settings of the custom field. These settings are applied at the moment when the custom field is attached to a project. After that, any changes in default settings do not affect the field settings for this project.

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Custom Field Defaults

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the CustomFieldDefaults entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the default custom field settings. `Read-only`.
canBeEmpty	Boolean	Indicates whether this field can have empty value in the issue.
emptyFieldText	String	The text that is shown as a placeholder when the field is empty. `Can be null`.
isPublic	Boolean	If `true`, then a user needs Read Issue and Update Issue permissions to access this field. Otherwise, the field is considered private, and Read Issue Private Fields and Update Issue Private Fields permissions are required.
parent	CustomField	Reference to the custom field. `Read-only`.

Read a Specific CustomFieldDefaults

Get default settings for the field.

Required permissions

Requires read access custom field.

Request syntax

            GET /api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields/{fieldID}/fieldDefaults?{fields}
        

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of CustomFieldDefaults attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample

Sample request

                https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields/58-8/fieldDefaults?fields=canBeEmpty,emptyFieldText,isPublic,parent(id,name)
            

Sample response body

                {
                  "emptyFieldText": null,
                  "canBeEmpty": true,
                  "isPublic": true,
                  "parent": {
                    "name": "Due Date",
                    "id": "58-8",
                    "$type": "CustomField"
                  },
                  "$type": "CustomFieldDefaults"
                }
            

Update a Specific CustomFieldDefaults

Update default settings for the field.

Required permissions

Requires Update Project permission in all the projects where field is used. If field is auto-attached, Low-level Admin Write permission is required.

Request syntax

            POST /api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields/{fieldID}/fieldDefaults?{fields}
        

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of CustomFieldDefaults attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample

Let's make the field private by default. Let's also set that it cannot be empty.

Sample request

                https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields/58-8/fieldDefaults?fields=canBeEmpty,emptyFieldText,isPublic,parent(id,name)
            

Sample request body

                {
                  "emptyFieldText": null,
                  "canBeEmpty": false,
                  "isPublic": false
                }
            

Sample response body

                {
                  "emptyFieldText": null,
                  "canBeEmpty": false,
                  "isPublic": false,
                  "parent": {
                    "isAutoAttached": false,
                    "name": "Due Date",
                    "id": "58-8",
                    "$type": "CustomField"
                  },
                  "$type": "CustomFieldDefaults"
                }
            

Last modified: 15 March 2024