change summary text of a task

[Peter Schmitt]

Hello,

I have some Jira projects in which it is possible to edit/change the summary text of a task afterwards. In other projects it is not possible.
But I haven't found out what the difference between the projects is.
All projects use the same permission scheme.
Do you have an idea?

[Alex Koxaras -Relational- · Accepted solution]

Hi @Peter Schmitt and welcome to the community!

Of course you can change the summary of every issue type. It's a matter of permissions and screens.

Since all the projects are using the same permissions schemes, you have to see if your role/group have the permission to edit issues. If indeed you have this permission, then you have to see if the field Summary is in the edit issue screen in your issue type screen scheme. If it's not, then you'll will not be able to change it. 

[Peter Schmitt]

Hello Alex,

thank you for your fast reply.  Your hint solved my problem. It was because the field summary was missing in the edit issue screen.

[Alex Koxaras -Relational-]

Nice! Kindly mark this answer as accepted, so as to help other in this community! Cheers!

[Peter Schmitt]

OK. I'll do it.

Thank you once more. It was really great to get a solution so quickly.

[Alex Koxaras -Relational-]

This community has a lot of engaged people who are willing to provide a quick answer! Whenever you want to ask something new, don't hesitate to create a new question. :)