How to empty a Transition Date/Time custom field type

Question

Hi there,

My Jira has a Transition Date/Time custom field type (Jira Misc Custom Fields addon) and I need to make it empty for some issues, but I cannot. I have tried to put it in the edit screen, to clear it with a postfuncion, copy the value (null) of another date custom field to it...nothing works.

It seems to me I will have to delete the values of that custom field for the issues directly in the database??? I would prefer not to do that.

Any idea, please?

Thx a lot!

Almu · Answer

Hi David,

Thanks a lot for your swift reply.

I do not know the reason why a user asked me to do that, but I have explained to him that his request is not feasible.

Cheers,

Almu

David Fischer · Answer

Calculated fields don't store any data on the Jira database, they calculate their value on the fly, based on other Jira data. In the case of a transition date time field, the value is based on past transitions that are stored by Jira. So you cannot clear the field, that would mean changing the past (deleting the fact that a transition was performed in the past)

Why would you want to do that anyway?