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application-properties

get-advanced-settings

Get advanced settings

Returns the application properties that are accessible on the Advanced Settings page. To navigate to the Advanced Settings page in Jira, choose the Jira icon > Jira settings > System, General Configuration and then click Advanced Settings (in the upper right).

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

GET /rest/api/3/application-properties/advanced-settings

Example:

bash
jr application-properties get-advanced-settings

get-application-property

Get application property

Returns all application properties or an application property.

If you specify a value for the key parameter, then an application property is returned as an object (not in an array). Otherwise, an array of all editable application properties is returned. See Set application property for descriptions of editable properties.

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

GET /rest/api/3/application-properties

FlagTypeRequiredDescription
--keystringNoThe key of the application property.
--keyFilterstringNoWhen a key isn't provided, this filters the list of results by the application property key using a regular expression. For example, using jira.lf.* will return all application properties with keys that start with jira.lf..
--permissionLevelstringNoThe permission level of all items being returned in the list.

Example:

bash
jr application-properties get-application-property

set-application-property

Set application property

Changes the value of an application property. For example, you can change the value of the jira.clone.prefix from its default value of CLONE - to Clone - if you prefer sentence case capitalization. Editable properties are described below along with their default values.

Advanced settings

The advanced settings below are also accessible in Jira.

KeyDescriptionDefault value
jira.clone.prefixThe string of text prefixed to the title of a cloned issue.CLONE -
jira.date.picker.java.formatThe date format for the Java (server-side) generated dates. This must be the same as the jira.date.picker.javascript.format format setting.d/MMM/yy
jira.date.picker.javascript.formatThe date format for the JavaScript (client-side) generated dates. This must be the same as the jira.date.picker.java.format format setting.%e/%b/%y
jira.date.time.picker.java.formatThe date format for the Java (server-side) generated date times. This must be the same as the jira.date.time.picker.javascript.format format setting.dd/MMM/yy h:mm a
jira.date.time.picker.javascript.formatThe date format for the JavaScript (client-side) generated date times. This must be the same as the jira.date.time.picker.java.format format setting.%e/%b/%y %I:%M %p
jira.issue.actions.orderThe default order of actions (such as Comments or Change history) displayed on the issue view.asc
jira.view.issue.links.sort.orderThe sort order of the list of issue links on the issue view.type, status, priority
jira.comment.collapsing.minimum.hiddenThe minimum number of comments required for comment collapsing to occur. A value of 0 disables comment collapsing.4
jira.newsletter.tip.delay.daysThe number of days before a prompt to sign up to the Jira Insiders newsletter is shown. A value of -1 disables this feature.7

Look and feel

The settings listed below adjust the look and feel.

KeyDescriptionDefault value
jira.lf.date.timeThe time format.h:mm a
jira.lf.date.dayThe day format.EEEE h:mm a
jira.lf.date.completeThe date and time format.dd/MMM/yy h:mm a
jira.lf.date.dmyThe date format.dd/MMM/yy
jira.date.time.picker.use.iso8061When enabled, sets Monday as the first day of the week in the date picker, as specified by the ISO8601 standard.false
jira.lf.logo.urlThe URL of the logo image file./images/icon-jira-logo.png
jira.lf.logo.show.application.titleControls the visibility of the application title on the sidebar.false
jira.lf.favicon.urlThe URL of the favicon./favicon.ico
jira.lf.favicon.hires.urlThe URL of the high-resolution favicon./images/64jira.png
jira.lf.navigation.bgcolourThe background color of the sidebar.#0747A6
jira.lf.navigation.highlightcolourThe color of the text and logo of the sidebar.#DEEBFF
jira.lf.hero.button.base.bg.colourThe background color of the hero button.#3b7fc4
jira.titleThe text for the application title. The application title can also be set in General settings.Jira
jira.option.globalsharingWhether filters and dashboards can be shared with anyone signed into Jira.true
xflow.product.suggestions.enabledWhether to expose product suggestions for other Atlassian products within Jira.true

Other settings

KeyDescriptionDefault value
jira.issuenav.criteria.autoupdateWhether instant updates to search criteria is active.true

Note: Be careful when changing application properties and advanced settings.

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

PUT /rest/api/3/application-properties/{id}

FlagTypeRequiredDescription
--bodystringNorequest body (JSON string, @file, or - for stdin)
--idstringYesThe key of the application property to update.

Example:

bash
jr application-properties set-application-property --id <id>