The first step in grouping your field configurations is to create a new field configuration scheme. By default, Jira does not come with any field configuration schemes. All the projects will use the system default field configuration. The new field configuration scheme will hold all the mappings between our field configurations and issue types.

To create a new field configuration scheme, all you need to do is specify the name and an optional description for the scheme:

1. Browse to the View Field Configuration Schemes page
2. Click on the Add Field Configuration Scheme button
3. Enter a name and description for the new field configuration scheme
4. Click on the Add button to create the scheme

Since field configuration schemes are applied to projects, it is good practice to name them according to the projects. For example, the scheme for the sales project can be named Sales Field Configuration Scheme. You can add a version number after the name to help you maintain changes.

Once the new field configuration scheme is created, it will be displayed in the table that lists all the existing schemes. At this time, the scheme is not yet useful as it does not contain any configuration mappings and is associated with a project.