Jira Software: How can I edit or update custom fields in an issue with Jira API?

Cody Robson

I'm using the Jira REST API (specifically Node.js jira-connector library) to aggregate a specific field's content from each of the issue's subtasks and using the aggregated result to populate a field in the parent issue. Once I've built the string I'd like to update the parent ticket with, I call the jira.issue.editIssue function and get the following error:

The screen for viewing, editing and creating issues in my project are all configured to have the specified custom field, and the custom field appears when I query the issue with the current value. This is all being done in a Jira Software project.

I'm not sure if this is a project configuration, screen / issue configuration or a custom field configuration problem. I'm fairly new to working with the Jira API so any help is appreciated!

Alexey Matveev

Hello,

The message means that you do not have the field on the edit screen or the user, under whom you execute Rest calls, does not have permissions to edit issues.