Can you change the assigned Project key for each issue/EPIC?

[mike potashnick]

When I create an issue/epic it seems that a key is assigned to each one, in the order they are created. Is i possible to reassign these after the order of delivery is agreed, or get them to change as the issues are reordered in the project?

[Pedro Felgueiras]

You can change the issue key directly on the database but it's not advisable. 

I would try something like an new custom field, that is updated by a post function on the create transition, and after that the CF could be update manually. 

The post function will be something with scriptrunner that check the number of the last issue created and increment it to update the current field.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That will break, quite badly, unless you change all the other places to match it. 

[John Funk]

Hi Mike,

No, it is not possible to alter the numeric part of the key of the issue. You could change the code in front by altering the details of the project, but not the number itself.