How to Unlock Story Point Estimation

[Nguyễn Linh]

Hi ad.

I am having a problem in my project, in the system jira configuration as administrator.
On the 'issues' tab > on the menu on the left of the screen, there is 'Field configurations', I want to edit the field 'Story point estimate', but it is currently locked, so how to unlock this field

I look forward to hearing from you soon, thanks

[miikhy · Accepted solution]

Hi there!

Please note that Story Points are used in Agile projects with Jira Software, the Story Point estimates is used on Jira Cloud with next-gen projects (the new templates on project creation). This field is therefore "locked" by Jira to keep it safe from errors as it's a core field when using next-gens!

If you'd like to see it in action, you should go ahead and create a next-gen project, find more details here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/get-started-with-next-gen-projects-945104903.html

Hope this helps!

Cheers

[Nguyễn Linh]

Thank you for answering

I can understand as it is the default case of the system, so it cannot be unlocked.

[miikhy]

You got it! The fact that it's locked is not preventing a lot of things but it's ensuring that your Jira Software Cloud features will keep on working!

Have a great day!

[Rafael Castillo]

@miikhy If I am using a Fibonnacci sequence I would like to restrict this field to only be able to enter certain numbers, but since is locked this is not possible. Does this means I cannot enforce this so that the users have to choose between a set of numbers (1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34). ??