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How to change the DESCRIPTION of a Locked Custom Field (Sprint)

Bettina January 23, 2023

Hi there,

as a JIRA admin, I want to change the description of the custom field "Sprint" (which is a JIRA default field and therefore locked). The description was changed with some language pack to German and I would like to have it English with an addition hint as (only use for ...) description only.

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Vamsi Kandala
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January 23, 2023

Hi @Bettina

Welcome to the community!

Unfortunately, there is no straight-forward way to update the locked fields.  These need to be unlocked first and involves updating the settings in the database level.

Enclosing the article for your reference, in case you have access to the database:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/unlock-a-locked-jira-software-custom-field-779158866.html

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Vamsi

Bettina January 25, 2023

Hi @Vamsi Kandala 

Thanks for the hint. I was able to achieve my goal by the linked article by using the linked Script Runner option and the sample script link.

Thanks a lot!

Bettina

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