Convert a field type

sasis August 10, 2014

I would like to change a custom field from single select to multi select.It is not possible .How will i achive it

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August 10, 2014

You can't in the UI.

It's actually quite easy in the database though (caveats - NEVER run SQL on a Jira while it is running, and ALWAYS backup before you do this, and do a full reindex afterwards)

See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Changing+Custom+Field+Types

Note that you can't go the other way, unless you're happy to lose data.

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