Hi Team,
I am a Jira Admin. I would like to know if it is possible to change a custom field that is created as text field earlier into an select list type. If possible, can you let me know how to do that.
Thanks
Akil
Hi @Akil Official
Unfortunately you can't change it. What you can do is to create a new field and then copy the values from all issues of the old field, to the new field.
for copying values from your old field to your new field, this would also be very easy to do with the app that my team is working on, JXL for Jira.
JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your issues that allows viewing, inline-editing, sorting, and filtering by all your issue fields, much like you'd do in e.g. Google Sheets or Excel. You can also bulk-edit your fields, using copy/paste. This makes it very easy to copy values from one column (i.e., field) to another column/field.
This is how this looks in action for two date fields - it works the same way for any other fields:
You only need to make sure that the values "fit" the new field. If that's not already the case, you can e.g. copy your values to Excel, manipulate them there, and then copy them back to JXL. Happy to elaborate more if you're interested.
Hope this helps,
Best,
Hannes
Hey @Alex Koxaras -Relational- i created a new field as select list. But how can i copy those values from all the issues of the old field..can you please help me with that?
@Akil Official you can create a self transition on your workflow(s) and the add a post function to copy the fields. For this action you might need an app such as JMWE, JWT, JSU
ok @Alex Koxaras -Relational- . I am not sure if i will be able to get that apps as this JIRA is customised specifically for our client. I tried looking at JIRA automation but i couldnt find thta option available in my project settings either.
Hey @Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira i would like to know more about this.
In this case we need to create a separate sheet, and this can just be used in case of bulk editing and all??
correct - in JXL, you can create as many sheets as you want, so you can simply create a new sheet that you're using exclusively for the copy/pasting of your field values.
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