Change the Field Type on a custom field

[Danielle Cantrell]

I need to change the field type on a custom field from number field to text (aka it needs to accept alpha/numeric content).  How can I do that?

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Danielle Cantrell 

This is not doable.

You will need to create a new custom field with the required field type, then you could do a bulk update via an autoamtion ruel or a csv import to update the related issues.

[Florian Bonniec]

Hi @Danielle Cantrell 

You cannot, you have to create a new field. Then copy the data from the first field to the new one.

You can use automation to copy field value to the new field or if you have Scriptrunner the built-in script "Copy custom field values to another field"

Regards

[Chitra Nagdeo]

Hey @Danielle Cantrell 

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Change the Type of a Custom Field  is logged as feature request, I would encourage you to visit the pages linked above and click the Vote and Watch links near the top right to show support for the feature. Doing this will ensure you are proactively informed of progress and updates going forward.

I hope this helps!

Regards
Chitra Nagdeo

[Valerie Knapp]

Thanks for the link @Chitra Nagdeo !

[Katja Bing]

Hello @Danielle Cantrell , 

Unfortunately you can not change the field type directly. Only create a new field, but recommending with different name in order not to mix them up.

Regards,

Katja