1cb3935dd02c here are supported fields : Default Values for 'Create Issue' screen in Jira Cloud - Confluence (atlassian.net)

1ffb5932be51 and thumbs up : feel free to continue complaining and waiting for a feature expected for 20 years. And keep voting, of course.

In the meantime you could have used the above feature,

1. for 2 years already,
2. for free, and - let me recycle your argument - the editor can potentially continue not to charge, at any point ^^,
3. in any case, stopping using it tomorrow would have no other consequence than ... not having this native feature ... which is already the case today.

0ed2a0cb9a2b Does it really consider any Systemfield, e.g. Environment as well

I'm sorry but I'll never swallow a basic functionality forcefully pushed into our throats as a marketplace sale.

We spend a fortune on Atlassian tools and still have to spend another fortune on plugins?! 

Even if they are free now - they can start charging at any point, potentially... Also, relying on a 3rd party app for basic functionality is still not right (period).

Only when I see that this is under a board called "astafiej-test" and all hopes disappear......  

Hi @Erki,

Thank you for trying out Issue Templates Pro - Summary & Description Templates for Jira

We have fixed the issue you have mentioned and made tons of other improvements in the last few months. Therefore, I would highly recommend giving it another try.

Feel free to reach out to us if you want a demo 🙏

It's 2024 now, any updates?

NINETEEN YEARS. Atlassian get your priorities straight. You rather build features nobody wants or needs, but the absolute basics like description templates or editing and removing labels are simply ignored.

"recent re-balancing exercise here at Atlassian to better reflect operating in a changing and difficult macroeconomic environment" what a load of b******. 

Hey team! Any updates on this one?

Hi Team do we have any update?

I recently tried this free plugin, it might solve problem for many -> Issue Template for Jira - Summary & Description Templates

I currently have custom description paragraph fields in use in different projects because it hasn't been possible to add templates for the system's "Description" field. This default field has been replaced with the "Bug description" field for some issue types (Bug) to allow adding templates for fields on the create issue screen.

If someone creates an issue with the wrong issue type and the issue type needs to be changed, it will cause data loss since the destination issue type lacks the "Bug description" field.
Creating non-standard description fields as a workaround for templates is a bad practice as it only leads to more problems. I'm waiting for better features to keep Jira more standardized; this is one of the features I'm anticipating.

I don't understand why this issue has not been solved in the past 19 years.

interesting to see having it in Data Center available for some time, but not in Cloud... thought new feature will be in Cloud first and then somewhen delayed distributed to DC

Seems like basic functionality to miss. It's clear that it's on purpose, as it's great to have a marketplace solution, but come on. That's basic as hell. When you create a Bug you have to have some basic guidelines like "repro steps, expected, actual etc."

Team managed supports this but we are Company managed and it is not supported. Not sure why but Yes this would be really nice to have as this would save us creating more custom fields. Definitely be looking for this to be added in soon.

So I will just leave it here in that situation. Dynamic Forms for Jira --> Default Value and other stuff improving create screen. 

2363 upvotes and this is put on the back burner.  Seriously?  How many upvotes does Atlassian need before something becomes a priority

Watching this. Would make life a lot easier.

@Carol Low
When will Atlassian release the feature to have default values for the description field?

Users are requesting this all the time.

Templating.app for Jira Cloud might be a good alternative for your use case @Monica

... to make sure that every team was able to follow the same standards.

It allows you to create templates for issues based on an easy UI and it also works with company-managed projects. You can use custom fields and variables to create forms as well. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out  

Hi 76bbc6dca166,

We are still working on the dates, there's been some changes to the teams lately and we are working out the impact to ongoing and planned work. We appreciate your understanding and patience.

In terms of adding templates - I'm aware of a number of apps (both free and paid) that could potentially be workarounds. You can find them here: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=jira&query=templates

From my understanding they should meet the basic need of applying a template for issue creation. Would this be an option for you?

Regards

Carol

Hi @clow@atlassian.com 

following on "We are prioritising the Description field"  do you have a date for when it will be released? 

Most of our teams move to company-managed projects to make sure that every team was able to follow the same standards and now we figure it out that is not possible to add a "template" description to our Jira issues, meaning that we will not be able to standardize the described information that's being shared within the teams when opening and moving issues. 

 It will be awesome if you could share some workaround or let us know when this will be implemented so we can manage team's expectations around Jira ways of working. 

Thank you 

It's Q1 where is the update? 

This ticket is nearly 19 years old and the best hope for realizing the feature are app creators flogging their wares. 

Atlassian - why are you not responding to this feature request?  Everyone wants/needs it.

I simply want to be able to add a description to the story points field after that field is in use. The description field is there, but no way to add content.

Please try the Cloud version of our Default Values for 'Create Issue' screen app.

You can set default values for Description (rich text editor included), Summary, Labels, Assignee, Priority fields.

The app is free. Your feedback is welcome!

Cheers,
Mario

We've also released an app which tackles this request: Summary & Description Templates

This app also allows you to edit templates and uses a WYSIWYG-Editor for creating templates.

Unfortunately it is not possible to insert tables or macros e.g. panels yet. And we are still working on supporting team-managed projects. But I'd definitely recommend you to give this app a try

It's free as well. 

Looking forward to your feedback.

Hey Nar.

I tested this feature and there are two important things that are missing:

1) Feature 1 (must have): Description field should be like this comment input (have possibility to add styles, tables color and etc.) Now it is pure text.
2) Feature 2 (must have): Ability to edit template - you can't edit template and that's sucks.
3) Feature 3 (nice to have): Ability to define more templates per issue type (functional bug, or frontend bug, server bug perhaps could have different templates)

If you could only improve these two first two features, I would say I see lots of potential. Otherwise, now, we cannot use it as it is missing important things we expect to have.

Do you have any idea if you could work on point 1 and 2? 

I'm looking forward to hearing from you. 
Tonka

Hi everyone,

I am happy to let you know we just released an app: Issue Template for Jira.

You can define custom issue templates for title and description fields, and they will be directly added to respective fields in create issue window.

It supports both company and team managed projects. The app is currently beta and is free to use. Looking forward to your feedback.

Regards,
Nar

100% agree with Mark Thompson, Team managed is a poor relation to company managed in many configuration areas, so I find it ridiculous that this is offered as a viable workaround. We have blocked the ability for people to create team managed.

FYI - Team managed projects aren't a viable work around.  There isn't sufficient configuration ability within this type of project in numerous other areas.

@Itamar Ben Sinai, Many behaviour features are not available on Cloud, will this be changed then at the end of the month?

Igor,

in order to have a pre-filled description template, you can use another multiline text field in the create screen and copy the content to the Description field on creating.

Scriptrunner's Behaviours module  should do that and should be out by the end of this month.

I also joined the group. Let’s see how we can get this going. I’m so fed up of adding extra description fields for something so basic.

May be someone use some kind of pre-filled description field in the task?
When I create a task, I need the description field to already contain information.

I joined the group @Radek , let's share it in our networks 😂

@JulienLaffont  - here you go https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9225080/

Well, at this point all hope is lost and

The <center> cannot hold it is too late.

See top answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags

Don't panic Andre, they will "begin to work on it" in November 2022 (cf update from the November 2021).

The problem will be solved soon ! (I am targeting November 2023... Or maybe November 2024, but before November 2025 ! (GIEC report asked it) 😂)

I think other companies should run ads based on this ticket alone:

"Want a service offered by a company that actually responds to customer requests?"

I suppose there is movement now but this will forever be a finalist for the "poorest customer responsiveness ever" award.

I think we should create a meetup group : "International Jira users frustrated by the JIRACLOUD-4812 issue"

It could be funny 😁 

18 years, this is the age to become an adult in France 😂

Does anybody knows an agile youtuber who could make a video story about this issue ? 

Maybe one day we can heard about it at the BBC news, 1pm : "Jira, the software which continue to ignore their users since 18 years, but stay the most used Software management system around the world" 🤓

It is good to dream... 

It seems mind-blowing that such a basic request as default text, for the most important field - in the most important feature - of the most used project tracking software - has been sitting for almost 18!! YEARS. What must happen before this will be implemented? Or is it an inside joke within Atlassian at this point?

Need this for company-managed projects!

Exactly, please implement it for Company Managed too. Thanks, K

This works great for Team-managed projects, please implement it for Company Managed too!

Carol, is there an update on this? It's been about 6 months since the last update. Is there an idea of a timeline for this? Seems this issue is very important to a lot of stakeholders.

Not sure if I am the only one watching the issue because it is hilarious and a great anecdote on users feature suggestions.

We should maybe start planning for some 20 years celebration for 2024 .

I am wondering how many votes are needed to implement this feature?
Do they need 2 million ? (Because more than 2000 are here).

I am wondering how many votes are needed to implement this feature?
Do they need 2 million ? (Because more than 2000 are here).

We need this to expand our use of Jira to our business teams too

We need this to expand our use of Jira to our business teams

Hi, we need to define templates for "Description" by issuetype and project.

I've given up. We're using GitHub Projects (Beta) now rather than Jira.

This is (again) one simple thing, which user's need/has needed for several years, but Atlassian does not offer.

@Mark Thompson

> even 17 years later we do still want to do this simple function

See, that is why they do nothing. People keep the product anyway. They just don't care.