Trying to make Field Non-Editable

[Sanjivani Wayal]

I want to make field Non Editable.

I have written this automation so that if any other user of any other group other than Automation changes the value for Pending Approval field the Field should remain unchanged meaning it should have old values (not take any new value entered by any user) As another automation is already filling values that field

In Edit i have used {{fieldChange.fromstring}}, Now in log action it gives correct names as old values which were there but it doesnt update field it is removing all values from the field and making it empty .

Tried using the solution to remove field from Edit Screen it removes the field from View as well.

Can someone please help with this?

[Ste Wright · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sanjivani Wayal 

I used this rule with a "Select List (single choice)" field...

• Trigger: Issue Updated
• Condition: User Condition
  • User = User who triggered the event
  • Check = is not
  • Criteria = Automation for Jira
• Action: Edit Issue
  • Field = Select List Field
    • Value = {{fieldChange.fromstring}}

...and it worked fine for me!

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If it's not working with your field type, you could try logging it as a variable, then using that in the field edit? It would look something like this...

• Action: Create Variable
  • Name = FieldValue
  • Value = {{fieldChange.fromstring}}
• Action: Edit Issue
  • Field = Select List Field
    • Value = {{FieldValue}}

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Let us know if either of these options work! If no - what type of field is "Pending Approval"?

Ste

[Sanjivani Wayal]

Hi,

Thanks you it worked for me only thing was this field was also getting updated by another automation changing the trigger helped