hey @jennjoe1
According to my experience,If your search is not heavy time/process consuming then I think it is better not to touch .conf files .
but you want to do that then you should make changes in props.conf and transforms.conf in a local directory of jira i.e. jira/local/ copy the file from default and make changes in local
Use normal method to extract fileds refer below link:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/5960/extract-a-field-from-event-source-filename.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/574532/splunk-add-on-for-jira-setup.html
Let me know if this helps!
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