Show a custom field in 'view' screen and hide it in 'edit' screen

Question

We are importing data from another system into Jira through the API. There is one field that should be visible but a user must not be able to edit it (this applies to all users/roles/groups).

Prior to "issue layout"

The screen scheme would be used to have two different screens for view & edit. The "view" screen would include the field and the "edit" screen wouldn't include the field.

With "Issue layout"

Now "issue layouts" are based on the view/edit screen. The differentiation by 'action" (~ view, edit) is gone.

Question

Is there a way to support this use case (field X is visible in view, but can't be edited)?

Fabian Lim · Accepted Answer

Hi @Meinhard

Welcome to the community!

If it's a company based project. use the old way it's set up in the issue screen scheme.  Have a separate view screen and edit screen configured.  Then if the custom field is not in the edit screen, you will not be able to edit the custom field.

I hope this helps.