setting a value in a custom field without a value

pnelsonsr

I created a date-time custom field and set it to do a Close Transition Post Function Update with JIRA Suite Utilities. So this works, but any issue that was previously closed is missing a value in the Closed field. This is a newer JIRA installation so I would like to update those issues. Problem is that the issue screen doesn't show the Closed field because in those issues it doesn't have a value.

How do I update a custom field's data when it is blank and doesn't show up in the issue screen?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Generally, you just use "edit" - this always displays all the editable fields, whether they have data or not. That does assume they're included in the Edit screen definition, and in a lot of workflows, the "closed" status has a flag that blocks edit as well. (If that flag is set, you have to either remove it, or create a new transition that doesn't change status, but still goes through the edit screen)