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Type: Suggestion
Resolution: Unresolved
Component/s: Administration - Deprecated, Global Administration - Fields, Work Types, Screens, Schemes and Priorities
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While creating custom field, it is not checked if field with same name already exist in default or custom field. This allow Admin to create duplicate field and causes confusion when that field is needed to be added in screen or reports, as which one to use.

Refer user feedback on this from community

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-discussions/JIRA-field-with-same-name-Duplicate-Field-names/td-p/693235

A feature is required that checks and stops Admin from creating such field.

duplicates

JRACLOUD-75022 Stop Allowing Custom Field created with same name as existing default field or custom field

Closed

is duplicated by

JRACLOUD-80592 Ability to make any required issue field unique

Closed

JRACLOUD-85951 Restrict Team-Managed custom fields name if already exists another custom field with the same name

Gathering Interest

is related to

JRACLOUD-76913 Changing Language settings allows duplication of the system fields Summary and Description

Closed

JSDCLOUD-13180 Adding Approver for Status in Request type Workflow, when Approver is of User Picker type, throws "Already exists. Try another name." error

Short Term Backlog

JRACLOUD-67591 Jira allows admins to create custom fields with the same name

Closed

JRACLOUD-74037 Issue search should distinguish between custom fields that have the same name

Gathering Interest

JRACLOUD-85929 Search needed for all custom fields across TMP and CMPs

Gathering Interest

JRACLOUD-61376 Prevent duplicate field creation

Not Being Considered

relates to

JRACLOUD-79586 Creating a custom field with a duplicate name will break saved filters

Closed

AUTO-1759 Jira fields with duplicated names present different suffixes depending on the automation component

Gathering Interest

JRACLOUD-97247 Ability to show all the duplicate custom fields on All work page of project

Gathering Interest

JRASERVER-61376 Prevent duplicate field creation

Gathering Interest

was cloned as

JRACLOUD-75022 Stop Allowing Custom Field created with same name as existing default field or custom field

Closed

is addressed by: ENT-2311 Loading...

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(4 is related to, 4 relates to, 1 was cloned as, 1 is addressed by, 4 mentioned in)

Assignee:: Unassigned
Reporter:: Girish Jagdale
Votes:: 141 Vote for this issue
Watchers:: 104 Start watching this issue

Created:: 25/Dec/2017 6:04 AM
Updated:: 31 minutes ago

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