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Can't change custom field description

Prateek Kumar3
Prateek Kumar April 3, 2013

I tried to change the description of a custom field however I still see the old description in the create screen. I reindexed (for making changes to configuration) but still keep seeing the old description.

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April 3, 2013

Make sure you change it under the Field configurations.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Specifying+Field+Behaviour#SpecifyingFieldBehaviour-Editingafield%27sdescription

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