Editing a item under a field= Change the item from a lower case to a upper case

Question

I have a field called Label:

I want to edit one of the items-

ehancement

Enhancement

Change lower case enhancement to  Upper Case Enhancement

Making this change will impact the work that has already been labeled? Will this be a global change for all items that were labeled with the lower case?

Rajesh Kumar Reddy · Answer

Labels are global to entire Jira across Projects. Labels are case sensitive. In your case "enhancement" is different from "Enhancement".

Case 1: You can replace the old label for all the issues. In this case, the filters / dashboards based on old label will be impacted.

Case 2: You can add the new label to all the issues. In this case, the old filters / dashboards based on old value will not be impacted.

Hope this clarifies your question.

John Funk · Answer

Hi Arcolia - If I am correct, changing the value will just result in a new value being added. If both enhancement and Enhancement already exist, then you can make the change with no problem. But if you change from enhancement to Enhancement, there's a good chance you will end of up with both anyways.