Can I rename a JIRA workflow (and a JIRA workflow scheme)?

[Karl Roth]

When in edit mode for a workflow I don't seem to be allowed to edit its name. Same applies to workflow schemes names.

Am I missing something?

[Rahul Aich [Nagra] · Accepted solution]

You cannot edit the name of the workflow or its scheme. If you want to rename it, you need to make a copy of it and rename it and apply that workflow to the right workflow scheme.

If you want to rename a workflow scheme, its the same procedure, just make a copy of it and rename it. But here, you need to manually go to each project and change its workflow scheme.

Rahul

[Karl Roth]

Thanks, Rahul.

Just as I thought

Best regards. Karl.

[Volodymyr Krupach]

Now (I guess since JIRA 7.0.0) it's possible to rename the Workflow Scheme. On the edit scree:

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For Workflows you can edit only descriptions and Copy procedure is still needed to change the name.

[Ingvar Örn]

When I copy Workflow Scheme (Jira 7.3.0) I don't get a pop-up window (like when copying Workflow) to give it a new name. The new scheme just gets created under the name "Copy of ..." and no chance of giving it a different name

[Volodymyr Krupach]

You can edit name for Workflow Schemes although it's not very intuitive.

Click edit, then click the name and it goes to edit mode.

[Ingvar Örn]

Thanks, works for me :-). Perhaps this is shown in the .png file in your reply 01.18.17 which appears to me as text, not link.

[Volodymyr Krupach]

YAW. The image was not migrated from the old answers portal :).

[Kiruthika]

Renaming Workflow scheme is easy as shown in above screen shot.

But I see no option to rename an active Workflow.

Make a copy ->  Rename it when in Inactive state -> associate this new renamed workflow to the scheme.. 

[Franky Deleu]

Please guys, make it easer to just rename an existing workflow...

It's just about a name, so I don't understand the current method for changing the name of an existing workflow.

[Olivier BOUSQUET]

+1 (000)

[carlos lugo]

Yet another item on the LONG LONG list of stupid Jira issues that Atlassian consistently ignores.

[Peter Wise]

I too cannot understand why Atlassian just ignores the simple things, which would make our lives so much easier. I am forced to work with Jira and Confluence, but at almost every step I have to google the simplest of tasks. It takes all the pleasure from the work and makes me hate what could be a really fantastic tool.

[Victor-charles Scafati]

Amen, brother!

[miriam-hopton]

I agree - please give access to rename, super simple (you would think).

[Sven Behrens]

+1 for the suggestion of Franky Deleu