Why some fileds do not have the Required option

[Albert Puigbó]

I'm trying to make Epic Link mantadory in field configuration but the action "Required" is not available.

What am I missing?

[Grigory Salnikov]

Hi @Albert Puigbó 

I do not know the reason behind it yet. But I've found a workaround should you need it:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-make-epic-link-required-on-jira-software-issue-create-screen-815566675.html

[Albert Puigbó]

thanks, it worked. But I had to split the workflow for every issue type

[Grigory Salnikov]

Hey, I'm glad it worked. 

Have a nice day :)

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Nothing.  The Epic link is deliberately not mandatory, because most places want to allow people to create issues outside Epics