1. App installation

2. Allow access

3. Create a Label Manager custom field and add it to screens

4. Add global label items to the custom field

5. (Optional) On specific projects change to project specific label items

App Installation and Initialization

Option 1: Installation from within Jira

1. As Jira Administrator: Settings → Apps → Find new apps → Search for “Label Manager for Jira”

Open

2. Select the App

3. Click “Try it free” to start the 30-day trial

Option 2: Installation from the marketplace

1. Follow the LINK

2. Log in with an account that has Jira Administrator Permission on your instance

3. Click “Try it free” to start the 30-day trial

4. Select your instance

Initialization

The App is built on Forge, which means it is hosted by Atlassian itself and no data leaves your instance.

This also means that the first time user interact with your app they need to allow access to the specific permission scope the app needs.

1. As Jira Administrator: Settings → Apps → 'Label Manager - Global Settings'
   
   

   Open

   

2. Click “Allow access”
   
   

3. Click “Accept”
   
   

Just want to manage Jira native ‘Labels’?

Create a Label Manager custom field

Features of Label Manager specific fields that are not supported on Jira native ‘Labels’ field.

• Activate coloring to use labels as checklists by allowing users to assign issue specific traffic light colors to them.

• Select 'Customize labels for this project' to manage predefined labels for this project independent from other projects.

• Allow project admins to manage available label items for their project independent from other projects or Jira administrator’s help.

Label Manager custom fields can be created like Jira native custom fields

1. As Jira Administrator: Settings → Issues → Custom fields (Side-navigation) → ‘Create custom field’ Button
   
   

    

2. Select ‘All’ → Search “Label” → Select “Label Manager for Jira”
   
   

3. Click Next
   
   

4. Enter a Name and Description and click Create
   
   

    

5. Optional: Associate the new created field with screens
   Label Manager Custom Fields behave like normal custom fields and need to be put on the correct screens to appear in projects.