Missing Date Options for linking Project Target custom field to Jira Ticket date field

[duncan.crowell]

Hey Team,  

The Question is hard to articulate here but hopefully with more context here someone will understand (and possibly share) my dilemma.

We are currently using Jira Align as the Program level Delivery tool and Jira Software for Team based delivery management as well as Jira Product Discovery for Pre-Delivery Idea capture and Discovery. 

Something I am trying to do is align the Epic start and target dates across all 3 tools.  Jira Align is currently setup to auto sync the Epic start date to a customer field called "Start Date" and the Epic end date in Jira Align is setup to sync with the Jira default field "Due Date" Per below:

THe intent here is to Link my "Project Start" and "Project Target" fields in JPD to the Jira Field IDs so then the start and end dates are always in Sync. 

Start Date is no issue as I am able to link my "Project Start" field to that

However the Standard Due Date field does not seem to be an option when trying to do the same for my "Project Target" field. 

Now I believe I can easily create a new custom field here but I am trying to avoid a wider spread change as Delivery teams are already used to using Due Date when making the changes within Jira Software. 

Keen to hear if I am missing something here and its a simple fix, or is this a known limitation? 

[Nick Haller · Accepted solution]

Hi @duncan.crowell ,

I believe the field options for the autofill toggle will show based on the global Jira permission.

Since "Due Date" is a system field that will show up on any Jira project, only a Jira Global admin will be able to select it for as an option / toggle for the JPD date field.

That being said, once configured and selected in the JPD date field - all users will be able to see the value on the field, so the admin only needs to select it once.

[duncan.crowell]

Awesome thanks Nick.  That explains it :)