If I change a field in the Form to a new custom field will all info be removed retrospectively?

[Vera Valshonok]

We are having Form in a request type in a project and I want to update one of the fields (which is not a custom field but a field I created in the Form itself) to a new custom field that I will create, instead.

Will this change remove all the information for the field that I am planning to remove, from the tickets retrospectively (which has been created previously)?

Can I do such a change without risking losing the information from this field as we might use it for statistic/analytic.

[Marc - Devoteam · Accepted solution]

HI @Vera Valshonok 

I don't think edits affect any existing instances where a form is already being used, as they are stored on an issue.

To be sure, use a dummy project, create form raise an issue using the form. Then change the form field raise and compare the forms on the issues.

This would give you a definitive answer.

Or make a copy of the current form and link that to the request type and disable the old form.

Make the same comparison.

[Vera Valshonok]

Thank you! Will do so.