Is it Possible to rename the Active workflow?

[Naveenkumar]

Is it Possible to rename the Active workflow? Let say I have created a workflow and associated to one project and now I wanted to rename the workflow but the system is not having the option to Edit name of the workflow, How to do this?

[Shalini Pradhan · Accepted solution]

Hello @Naveenkumar ,

Good day! Welcome to Atlassian community :) 

In Jira Cloud, the ability to directly rename an active workflow is not currently available. 

This limitation is due to the way workflows are managed within the system. However, there is a workaround you can use:

1. Copy the Active Workflow:

• Navigate to Jira Settings > Issues > Workflows.
• Locate the active workflow you wish to rename.
• Click on the Copy option to create a duplicate of the workflow.

2. Rename the Copied Workflow:

• Once the workflow is copied, you can rename it as desired.
• Edit the name of the copied workflow to reflect the changes you want.

3. Assign the New Workflow:

• After renaming, you will need to assign this new workflow to the relevant workflow scheme.
• Navigate to Jira Settings > Issues > Workflow Schemes.
• Edit the scheme to replace the old workflow with the newly renamed one.

4. Publish the Changes:

• Ensure that you publish the changes to make the new workflow active.

This process allows you to effectively rename a workflow by creating a new version with the desired name and replacing the old one in the workflow scheme.

We do have a Feature request for the same which you can track:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-19813 

Thank you!

[Naveenkumar]

Thanks @Shalini Pradhan for the detailed information

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao · Accepted solution]

Hi @Naveenkumar 

Welcome to the community,You cannot directly rename an active workflow in Jira,

Jira doesn’t allow renaming active workflows to avoid breaking references in active workflow schemes.But you can work around this by copy the workflow and then you can rename the workflow name and then Click Edit and replace the old workflow with your new one in workflow scheme of the project.

Hope this helps

[Naveenkumar]

Thanks @Pasam Venkateshwarrao 

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao]

@Naveenkumar if you like the Answer you can hit Answer Accepted