Can you change the "description" prompt and have it say something else instead on the epic ticket?

[Lorlita Spann]

For example, I'd like it to say "What are we doing?" instead of "description" .

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao]

Hi @Lorlita Spann 

Welcome to the Atlassian community, System field (Summary,Description,etc) fields change can be done by using Scriptrunner for Jira.refer the fragments it will helps to your query

https://docs.adaptavist.com/sr4js/latest/features/fragments

[John Funk]

Hi Lorlita - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

The Description field is a system field and should not be renamed. Instead you could create another custom field of Paragraph type and call it what you want. Then just include the new field on your screen and leave the Description field off. 

[Mohamed Benziane]

Hi,

you want to change the name of the field on the create screen ? If yes, you can do it with an addon like scriptrunner https://www.scriptrunnerhq.com/atlassian-apps/jira/scriptrunner-for-jira-behaviours

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Lorlita Spann 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

If you want to change the description that appears for a field for limited issue types you would do that by modifying the description associated with the field in the Field Configuration.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/manage-issue-field-configurations/

You would need to find the Field Configuration Scheme associated with the project. Review the Field Configuration Scheme to see which Field Configuration is associated with the Epic issue type. If the Epic issue type was not using its own Field Configuration, then you would need to make a copy of the existing Field Configuration and associate it to the Epic issue type in the Field Configuration Scheme.

In the Field Configuration you can find the Description field, edit it, and change the description that appears with the field.

The above applies only to Company Managed projects.

This is for the text that appears below the field in the Create Issue dialog.