How to export a list of projects and project admins for a specific system field in Jira Data Center

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Summary

This article presents the option to list all projects which are using a specific system field, along with their project admins, by querying the database.

This can be especially useful for auditing, "house-cleaning" and reporting purposes.

Environment

Jira 8.x and 9.x.

Solution

The below sample query will list all projects that are using the Time Tracking system field and also retrieve project admin information:

This was written and tested using a PostgreSQL DB, for other database types you may need to tweak it depending on the database you are using.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 select distinct p.pkey as "Project Key", p.pname, coalesce(cf.cfname, fsli.fieldidentifier) as "System Field Name", fs.name as "Screen Name", coalesce(it.pname, 'DEFAULT') as "Issue Type", itss.name as "Scheme Name", pr.NAME as "Project Role", u.display_name as "User", pra.roletype from project p INNER JOIN projectroleactor pra ON pra.PID =p.ID INNER JOIN projectrole pr ON pr.ID = pra.PROJECTROLEID INNER JOIN app_user au ON au.user_key = pra.ROLETYPEPARAMETER INNER JOIN cwd_user u ON u.lower_user_name = au.lower_user_name join nodeassociation na on na.source_node_id = p.id and na.sink_node_entity = 'IssueTypeScreenScheme' join issuetypescreenscheme itss on itss.id = na.sink_node_id join issuetypescreenschemeentity itsse on itsse.scheme = itss.id join fieldscreenscheme fss on fss.id = itsse.fieldscreenscheme join fieldscreenschemeitem fssi on fssi.fieldscreenscheme = fss.id join fieldscreen fs on fs.id = fssi.fieldscreen join fieldscreentab fst on fst.fieldscreen = fs.id join fieldscreenlayoutitem fsli on fsli.fieldscreentab = fst.id left join customfield cf on concat('customfield_', cf.id) = fsli.fieldidentifier left join issuetype it on it.id = itsse.issuetype where 1=1 and coalesce(cf.cfname, fsli.fieldidentifier) = 'timetracking' and pr.name = 'Administrators'

Sample output

POSTGRES SAMPLE OUTPUT

1 2 3 "Project Key","pname","System Field Name","Screen Name","Issue Type","Scheme Name","Project Role","User","roletype" TEST,TESTPROJ,timetracking,TEST: Scrum Bug Screen,Bug,TEST: Scrum Issue Type Screen Scheme,Administrators,admin,atlassian-user-role-actor TEST,TESTPROJ,timetracking,TEST: Scrum Default Issue Screen,DEFAULT,TEST: Scrum Issue Type Screen Scheme,Administrators,admin,atlassian-user-role-actor

Updated on March 14, 2025

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