# Field types

BetterBoard supports Jira system fields, custom fields, and selected synthetic
fields. These tables show where each field type can be used.

## System fields

| Field type              | Display | Filter | Grouping | Columns | Edit |
| ----------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ---- |
| Assignee                |         |        |          |         |      |
| Fix Version / Component |         |        |          |         | —    |
| Labels                  |         |        |          |         |      |
| Priority                |         |        |          |         |      |
| Reporter                |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| [Sprint](#sprint)1      |         |        |          |         |      |
| Status                  |         |        |          |         |      |
| Summary                 |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| Work item Type          |         |        |          |         | —    |

## Custom fields

| Field type            | Display | Filter | Grouping | Columns | Edit |
| --------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ---- |
| [Assets](#assets)2    |         |        |          | —       | —    |
| Checkbox              |         |        |          |         | —    |
| Date                  |         |        | —        | —       |      |
| Multi select          |         |        | —        |         |      |
| People                |         |        |          |         |      |
| Rating                |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| Single select         |         |        |          |         |      |
| Story Points / Number |         |        | —        | —       |      |
| Text                  |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| URL                   |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| User picker           |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| Version               |         |        |          |         | —    |

## Synthetic fields

| Field type                         | Display | Filter | Grouping | Columns | Edit |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ---- |
| [Blockers](#blockers)3             |         |        | —        | —       | —    |
| [Time in Status](#time-in-status)4 |         |        | —        | —       | —    |

**Edit** means direct inline editing from a card. Group dragging follows the
normal update behaviour for every field that supports grouping.

Every field that can be filtered is also available in single-color
[card-color conditions](/betterboard/shape-the-board/card-colors/). See
[Filter operators](/betterboard/work-faster/filter-operators/) for the
operators available to each field behaviour.

## Field notes

### Sprint

Sprint displays its active, future, or closed state on cards. Its filter has
dedicated **active sprint** and **backlog** choices in addition to selecting a
named sprint.

### Assets

Assets fields show linked Jira Assets objects as compact icon-and-label chips.
BetterBoard shows the first two objects on the card, with remaining values in a
keyboard-accessible `+N` overflow. Empty fields do not take up space on a card.

Assets filters compare object identity, not individual attributes such as
service tier, criticality, status, or warranty date. Assets fields can be used
for grouping, with one group per linked object present on the board and a
**No value** group for work items without an object.

Assets chips are read-only: objects cannot be searched, linked, unlinked, or
opened directly from a card or Command K. When grouped by an Assets field,
dragging between groups is the supported way to assign or remove an object. A
single-object field is replaced or cleared; a multiple-object field preserves
unrelated objects and removes only the source object when moved to **No value**.

### Blockers

Blockers is a synthetic field derived from Jira work item links. It shows a
small indicator on cards with blocking relationships.

### Time in Status

Time in Status is a synthetic BetterBoard field, not a Jira field. It shows how
long a work item has been in its current status, for example `3d` or `2w`.