How to make a certain field to be visible in all projects and screens?

[Paul Haakma]

One of the main complaints from our team about Jira was that issues didn't have due dates.

Every project type I checked and all their issue types - none of them had a due date enabled by default. Once I realised this I was able to simply add it, but I have to add it to every issue screen, and do it every time a new project is created.

I really want this field to be visible on every screen for every new project created. How can I do this?

Unfortunately, several of our team have already moved on to other project management systems that have a UI by default more orientated to date driven workflows with due dates prominent by default and a flashy easy-to-navigate calendar view to quickly view tasks by their due dates, edit them and/or drag them around the calendar. This seems to be a particular drawback to Jira - you can certainly do it but involves manually adding this field and then using complicated plugins just to get a calendar.

Any suggestions to make this process easier for our users would appreciated.

[Angélica Luz · Accepted solution]

Hi Paul,

Currently, all new projects are created with the default field configuration, so, unfortunately, it's not possible to customize this default scheme to add more custom fields.
We have a feature request suggesting the implementation of such ability:

- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-62248

Please, make sure to watch and vote to receive updates about the feature.

I'm sorry that we can't be more helpful on it.

Regards,
Angélica