change creator in Jira Product Discovery

[Andrew Hewitson]

We have an idea that was created by someone who is no longer working in the project.  Is there a way to change the creator of the idea to someone else?  

[Gary Spross]

It would be nice if there was at least a backdoor way to be able to edit this field. We just finished a migration and I imported the Ideas from the previous instance into the new one (because JPD isn't supported for migration). After import, I was listed as the Creator for every Idea. I was able to get the Reporter field straightened out, so I was going to use automation to copy the value from the Reporter field to the Creator field. I guess it doesn't make sense to trust an admin with the ability to work however they need within their project...

[Dave Mathijs]

Hi @Andrew Hewitson to my knowledge, you cannot change the Creator. You can submit a suggestion with Atlassian directly if you like, but honestly, why would you change the creator? The "someone else" did not create that idea.

[Dave Mathijs]

You can change the Reporter though, but not the Creator.

[Andrew Hewitson]

The person that entered this idea was not actually the originator of the idea.  They only entered/created the ideas during evaluation of the product.  We would like to get the idea changed to the person who the idea should be attributed to.  

[Dave Mathijs]

Then my suggestion/workaround would be to remove/delete the Idea and have it re-submitted by the person who the idea should be attributed to.

[Andrew Hewitson]

A less obtrusive solution would be nicer but I'm inclined to believe, at this point in the beta, this may be the only solution.  Thanks for your input.