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EPIC Name edited in "New" View not reflected in backlog

Simon Metz

I realized that I needed to change the name of an EPIC. I went into the EPIC issue and edited the name, it seemed to have been saved.

BUT this edit is never reflected in the backlog or story. When I click into the EPIC name in the issue it does show the edited name.

WHY does JIRA not update in the backlog, this was possible in the "Old" view. seems to be a major UI bug

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Angélica Luz

Hello @Simon Metz,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Testing on my local site, I wasn’t able to replicate the same issue. I changed the Epic name and after I refreshed the backlog and the ticket linked to the Epic, it changed.

On Classic projects, there is the option to add Epic summary and Epic name.

The Epic name is the one that will appear in the field “Epic link” on child issues and also on the backlog.

Screen Shot 2021-04-06 at 14.16.02.png

Can you please confirm if the field “Epic name” was updated?

If so, can you go to another ticket and search for that Epic? Does it show the correct name?

Kind regards,
Angélica

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Angélica Luz

Hello @Simon Metz,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Testing on my local site, I wasn’t able to replicate the same issue. I changed the Epic name and after I refreshed the backlog and the ticket linked to the Epic, it changed.

On Classic projects, there is the option to add Epic summary and Epic name.

The Epic name is the one that will appear in the field “Epic link” on child issues and also on the backlog.

Screen Shot 2021-04-06 at 14.16.02.png

Can you please confirm if the field “Epic name” was updated?

If so, can you go to another ticket and search for that Epic? Does it show the correct name?

Kind regards,
Angélica

Simon Metz

Thanks!

Here are some screenshots. I had a EPIC renamed as "Supply" but it still shows up in EPIC list as EPIC 2 , yet when I go into the EPIC 2 detail it correctly displays as Supply. so to answer your question, Yes Epic 2 was updated/renamed but it doesn't Screen Shot 2021-04-06 at 1.32.01 PM.png seem to have propagated up the tree.

Please let me know your thoughts, if I am doing something wrong. I did see a number of other posts when the "New" view was installed that this was an issue.

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Simon Metz -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I note on your screen image of TEST-2, that:

the summary field at the top of the view is "Supply"
the epic name field at the right of the view is "EPIC 2"

What happens when you edit the epic name field?

Best regards,

Bill

Simon Metz

Bill. I did edit the EPIOC name from EPIC 2 to Supply. My issue is that the original name still shows up in backlog with the original name of EPIC 2. This was noted back in 2019 when the "New" view was pushed out that editing EPIC names didn't displed on the backlog.

The details of issue "Supply" are arrived at by clicking on "EPIC 2" in the right panel from the story "Test 2" I know this doesn't make sense, but it is happening here.

Alister Fisher

As mentioned by previous posters, I've changed the epic item's summary to rename the epic, and its items continue to display the previous epic name.

It is unintuitive.

For quick assistance: please post new instructions here that match the presumably modified pages since Apr 2021.

For a proper fix: please automatically propagate changes of an epic's summary.

Thanks!
Alister

Mauricio Martinez_4chgeb

Once an epic's name is changed the label showing on any ticket regarding Epic link won't update.
The steps sent by @Bill Sheboy do work to update any aspect of the epic, sadly that does not include this label, why? no idea.
But if you had this problem like I did, just got to the backlog, open the epic list:

Select the epic pane on the left so it is visible
Select the epic you wish to update
On the right side of the epic, select the drop-down arrow and Edit name, which gives you the option to update the name. (Changing the name on the epic for some reason does not update this label).
Once the name is updated just press enter
Check all tickets linked to that epic and they should display the right name now.

Hope that helps!

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