Editing Priority

[Ismail Sanni]

Hi Smart Community, 

I have a quick question. So, I have a field (Priority) and I don't want anybody to edit it, I just want the field to be editable by the Project admins. Is something like this possible on Jira. I still want people to edit the Issue, but not that particular field.

Thanks,

Ismail.

[Matthias Gaiser _K15t_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ismail Sanni

the one solution which spontaneously comes to my mind is the following:

• Remove the Priority from the edit screen for this project/issuetype.
• Introduce a new (global) transition, e.g. "Set Priority"
  • this transition doesn't change the status only the priority field
  • assign a screen to it which contains the priority field
  • add a condition to this transition so that only project admins may view it

What do you think about it? Do you need more pointers for that solution?

Cheers,
Matthias.

[Ismail Sanni]

@Matthias Gaiser _K15t_ 

This is a nice solution, but will other people be able to see the priority field?

Thanks for your response,

Ismail

[Matthias Gaiser _K15t_]

Yes, it will. You need to configure different screens in your screen scheme. Every screen scheme knows 3 operations:

• Create: This screen will be shown for issue creation
• Edit: This screen will be used for editing the issue
• View: This screen will be used for viewing the issue

Cheers,
Matthias.