From the course: Complete Guide to Jira Administration: Configuration, Management, and Automation
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Requiring fields - Jira Tutorial
From the course: Complete Guide to Jira Administration: Configuration, Management, and Automation
Requiring fields
- There are two ways to make fields required in Jira. One is using validators during an issues workflow. The other is using a field configuration to make standard and custom fields required when issues are created. Let's explore that function next. To make a field required, open a project's field configuration and click the required link on the right. In a field configuration, required fields are noted with a visual lozenge. Also, the link in the actions column on the right changes to optional. Here's a tip. If you're looking through many paginated pages for required fields, don't search for the word required, which will return false positives. Search for the word optional instead. When a field is required by a field configuration, the user sees a red asterisk on the create form, like the one next to the components and reporter fields. Again, field configurations only require fields on the create action. To require fields later in an issues lifecycle, use a workflow validator instead.…
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