In Jira forms, is it possible to make the Summary field non-mandatory, or alternatively, set a defau

[nagata shumpei]

When submitting a form, users are required to enter a Summary (issue title).
However, in our use case, the content is always the same, so we would like to avoid manual input each time.

We are not using Jira Service Management.

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @nagata shumpei 

It is not possible to either make the Summary field optional or to set a default value for it in Forms used in Jira Software and Business projects.

I did not find a change request for either of those items in JAC.

You could open a support case with Atlassian to find out if they have change requests for either of those features. If you go that route, please report back here what you learn.

[nagata shumpei]

Hello @Trudy Claspill 

Thank you for your response!
I understand that it seems difficult to achieve.....

[Karan Sachdev · Accepted solution]

Hey @nagata shumpei

Good day!

Summary is a mandatory field across Jira, and we don't have a way to make it optional. This applies to all the channels that can be used for creating work items: APIs, forms, or directly via the Jira UI.

We can't set a default value either. This is by design, and there's no workaround, to the best of my knowledge.

If you would like to keep the Summary consistent, you may use workflow post functions to update it upon work item creation. However, the users will have to enter a value when submitting the form.

Thanks!

[nagata shumpei]

@Karan Sachdev 
Thank you for your response!
I understand that it seems difficult to achieve.....