Can the Sprint field be updated manually?

[Phil Bustin]

I'm still seeking clarification on what a user meant by wanting to update the Sprint field from a sprint board.  At any rate, I clicked the Sprint field in an issue, and the field contained a link to the sprint board and was not updatable.  I searched for Sprint in Issues > Custom fields:

Sprint field in Custom field search:

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

Hi @Phil Bustin ,

you can edit the contents of the sprint field when in the detailed issue view. For example, if you wished to add an issue to a sprint you could simply begin typing the name of the sprint and then select the desired one or create a new sprint. Regarding updating from a sprint board, you could click on an issue which brings up the issue view modal where you can edit the sprint field.

[Phil Bustin]

I only saw the Sprint field on the right side of the detail view, and I could only click the value (a link in blue font), that brought me back to the sprint board.  That seems consistent with the field displayed as Locked in Custom Fields > search.  Incidentally, am I correct in guessing that Sprint is not a custom field?

[Jack Brickey]

Sprint is a system field but, as you saw, you will find listed under Custom fields. Regarding your editing experience, indeed if you click on any of the sprint links in the Sprint field then it will take you to the associated board. However, you also have the option of clicking into the Sprint field and typing the name of an existing Sprint or a new sprint if you wish..

[Kelly Arrey]

Is it possible that Sprint is not on Phil's "Edit Screen" and that's why he can't edit it?

[Phil Bustin]

Jack, I think Kelly is correct.  I've had difficulty identifying the Edit screen, that I think is the same as the view and create screen.  Perhaps you can help me with the procedure for identifying the edit screen.

Is there any way I can be sure what screen I'm looking at when I'm in it?  I wanted to try to add the Sprint field to the edit screen instead of accessing it on the right side of the detail view, but I haven't been able to identify the screen.

[Kelly Arrey]

Hi @Phil Bustin,

If you want to move Sprint from the right nav bar to the "main" area:

1. Open the issue details view for a specific issue
2. Click on the Configure gear (bottom right)
3. Drag the Sprint field from Context fields to Description fields
4. Click Save changes

If you want to see if Sprint is on the Edit screen:

1. Go to the project page for the issue you're interested in
2. Click on the Project Settings gear, bottom of the left nav bar
3. Expand the Issues section in the left nav bar
4. Click on Screens
5. This will show you which Screen Scheme applies for the relevant issue types
6. Expand the relevant Screen Scheme, and it will show you which screen is the Edit screen, e.g., 

Then you have a choice of either:

1. Editing the existing Edit issue screen to add the Sprint field, or, 
2. Changing the Edit issue screen to a different screen which includes the Sprint field.

HTH, 

Kel

[Phil Bustin]

Here are step-by-step (as you defined) screen shots.  Perhaps I went astray for one or more steps. 

The two screens I think I've been using, with the same names as their workflows, are Story and Dev Story.  I'm sure that the issues whose screens I've captured use those two workflows.

Yet, that can't be right, because the Sprint field is present in the screen-shots of the Story screen (one screen for all of create, edit and view) and the Dev Story screen (one screen for edit and view); yet in the issue detail view, Sprint is only on the right-hand area, and the many fields in the General tab can't be seen.

Also, when I click on an issue and a screen appears, I assume that's the view screen.  How does the edit screen appear?

Another question: What is the correct term for the components that appear under each screen scheme in the first screenshot below?  These components have the same names as workflows, so that's what they must be, right?

Screen schemes for BADD project 

View after clicking "Story" under the SDT: Scrum Default Screen Scheme

"Default Screen" containing Sprint field (I moved the Sprint field to the top for this screen shot)

Story issue showing Spring under Details on the right side only

 (Note that most of the other fields shown in the screen configuration view are not present either.)

View after clicking "Dev Story" under the Dev Story screen scheme

Dev Story screen containing Sprint field (I moved Sprint to the top for this screen shot.)

Dev Story workflow issue showing Spring under Details on the right side only

(Note that most of the other fields shown in the screen configuration view are not present either.)

[Jack Brickey]

Hi @Phil Bustin ,

I see the sprint field in your screenshots so the question is if you click on the field can you edit it? Below is a screenshot where I clicked on an issue from my active Sprint you will see the current sprint listed and when I click on the field not on the link a drop-down appears that allows me to select another Sprint.

[Kelly Arrey]

Hi Phil,

So, to start with your last question:

• A Screen Scheme associates screens and issue operations (create, view, edit).
• An Issue Type Screen Scheme then associates Issue Types with Screen Schemes.

Your first screen shot is the Issue Type Screen Scheme, and the components under each Screen Scheme are the Issue Types associated with that Screen Scheme, not Workflows. Workflow Schemes are where Issue Types are associated with Workflows.

The Edit Screen doesn't "appear" as such. The presence of a field on the Edit Screen generally makes it so that if you mouse over the field in the detail view, a grey panel appears, and if you click on it, it opens the field for editing. If that isn't working on the Sprint field on Phil Test 5-16-23, then I'm clearly missing something. Hopefully someone else can jump in with a better idea.

This isn't likely to make a difference to editing the Sprint field, but to come back to your earlier question about making Sprint visible in the "center" panel instead of the right sidebar: When you're looking at the issue detail view, click on the Configure gear at the bottom right. That should bring up the Layout, which will tell you what view you're looking at, and let you add fields to the layout, or move fields between the "Description fields" area (the main area of the detail screen) and the "Context fields" area (the right sidebar).

HTH,

Kel

[Phil Bustin]

Bingo!  Jack, as I tried to understand your post, I clicked to the right of the Sprint link, or in fact anywhere surrounding the link but not on the link itself, and the Sprint options magically appeared.  I had equated clicking on the link with clicking the field, similar to clicking anywhere in a field (including the content) that does not contain a link, and discovered the difference.

So, this lengthy and enlightening question-and-answer thread was a result of my learning curve in the use of the mouse in Jira fields containing links.

Kelly, your info is invaluable; thank you.