Lock a task to a date

Question

I am new to Jira but I have tried to find a way to set dates to a task that never, ever will change. Lets say I have a project activitiy for a number of resources that takes place on a set date. How can I tell Jira this so it doesn't move it?

Thank you! / Marcus

unknown · Answer

Ok, I added the tag Portfolio for Jira (that's an Atlassian add-on).

I don't remember exactly the steps and can't reproduce it right now, but it can be done. Look at the documentacion, it tells to use Release and set it manually as static assignments.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiraportfolioserver024/scheduling-behavior-934716219.html

Marcus Strandepil · Answer

Thank you, Christian,

Please excuse me if I was unclear. The Due date field is not changed, but Jira/Portfolio is scheduling the task after the due date.

I will try to use a custom field and see if I can get that to work. Any tips or tricks on how I should set this up? Getting the field in I can do. How do I get Jira to use it for scheduling, is another matter.

unknown · Answer

Jira will never change your due date field dinamically by default, I guess that you have some add-on which is changing that value

Use a Date Type custom field and then the date chosen will be static.