How to set the default priority in JIRA 4.4?

Question

Presently, JIRA defaults to using the middle of a list of priorities as the default when a new issue is being created; my team would prefer that the default be two above the middle of our list of nine priorities (since four of them are different ways of saying "Archive").

How do I attain this in JIRA 4.4? There is not an obvious setting for it, like there apparently was in earlier versions.

Ryan Belmont1 · Accepted Answer

Hey Erik,

If you go into Administration > Issues > Issue Atributes > Priorities, you should see the list of priorities with the ability to set one as the default in the right column.

-Ryan