Description Template on Jira Projects?

[Fahim Ahmed]

Is there an easy way of creating a set template for a specific issue type (i.e. Epic) within a Jira project? 

i.e. Whenever an Epic is created for Jira Project X, it has a template within the description like: 

Stakeholders - 

Deliverables - 

Cost Code - 

[Harrison Ponce]

Hi @Fahim Ahmed , great question! Templates have always been tricky for text fields in Jira without the use of marketplace apps.

Once of the ways you could accomplish this is with automation. You can set the trigger to issue created and add use IF statements for issue fields condition as issue type equals epic. Then you can use the edit issue action to edit the description field to whatever you want.

The automation formatting for text fields is a little weak but it could definitely get the job done.

Hope this helps!

[Fahim Ahmed]

Thanks Harrison - will give that a go.