Change User Story "Description" label

Greg Thomas December 16, 2021

Hi,

Is it possible to change the "Description" text on a User Story to say "Story" instead?

The system doesn't seem to allow for changes to non-custom field labels but just want to confirm if I'm missing something.

Thanks - Greg.

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Mikael Sandberg
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December 16, 2021

Hi @Greg Thomas,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Correct, system fields cannot be renamed, but you could remove it from the screen that stories are using and create a new custom field called Story.

Alex Ortiz December 16, 2021

This is the recommendation I would have made.  Remove Description from your screen and add a new custom field.  Make sure the new Story field is of type Paragraph and make sure you put it in the Description Fields section within your Issue Layout.

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Greg Thomas December 17, 2021

okay great thanks, I assumed a system field couldn't be moved so this is great.

Greg Thomas December 17, 2021

When I try to do this it works fine.

And I can remove the description field from the user story field, but I still want it to be available in other work items.

I can't seem to find the "context" for the description field to be able to do this.

Am I missing something in how I am doing this?

Thank you.

Alex Ortiz December 19, 2021

I don't think you need to mess with the context at this point.  If you want a different issue type to still have the description, make sure that issue type has its own screen and include Description in that screen.

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