Labels in epic description

[Michał Bieńkowski]

I would like to create labes for my system keywords like e.g. PC-A, PC-B, PCBA etc, so I can have something like dictionary. With this I could easily refer to e.g. particular PC. Then with this labels I could write epic description like "<PC-A> shall do this and this. <PC-B> shall to something else." (where <> represents label). How to do it in Jira? In Todoist if you have a label you can easily access it just by use of @ character.

EDIT:

Perhaps my problem description is not clear enough, at least that's what I assumed based on the replays. What I really need is a dictionary - I just thought that labels could do the trick, but now I see it's wrong direction. In my opinion it is really hard to describe a requirement using only fields. Even if it's possible, it won't be readable and for sure everyone could interpret it in different way. 

The point is to define a dictionary in one place e.g. PC-A is a PC with serial number XXX, PC-B with s/n YYY. And then write description and reference this dictionary item (find on the list). The best would be something like this https://get.todoist.help/hc/en-us/articles/205195042-Labels but with one dictionary per project.

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG] · Accepted solution]

Could be a permission issue. Are you a a JIRA administrator or a JIRA System Administrator? Only System Admins can change SMTP settings!

Cheers

JIRA System Administrators Ability to perform all administration functions. There must be at least one group with this permission. Note: People with this permission can always log in to JIRA.
JIRA Administrators Ability to perform most administration functions (excluding Import & Export, SMTP Configuration, etc.). Note: People with this permission can always log in to JIRA.

[Mandy]

thanks. because I imported my jira instance from Jira on demand, the sysadmin is set by atlassian, and I can't seem to set up another sysdmin. any ideas on how I do that?

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

Generally you would grant the permission to a group (which by default is the jira-administrators group)in the global permissions menu. I'm not sure though if you can grant this permission if you are not a sysadmin yourself. Can you add yourfelf to the group which is associated with the sysadmin permision? Any than that, I'm afraid I can't help you:-)

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

You also might want to check this:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Retrieving+the+JIRA+Administrator

[Mandy]

thanks very much for your help, have found the sysadmin password and fixed the smtp server

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

Could you post a screenshot? Normally you would find the option under the "Mail Server" tab ABOVE the POP/IMAP Mail Servers options.

Cheers Christian

[Mandy]

on the screen I see, there is only the option for pop servr, not smtp. having trouble posting a screenshot.

copy& paste gives what I put in the previous post. I took a "prt screen" & paste, but doesnt seem to show in this comment

[Christian Czaia [Decadis AG]]

Strange. Have you configured those two POP servers? By the way, I was using a screenshot tool like "Snipping Tool"

[Mandy]

tried again, but every time i try and post a comment it gives me an unknown error.

anyway, I don't see an option for smtp server above pop/imap servers. is there something else I have to do in the configuration?