Allow editing of Closed Issues

Added by Jonathan Nolen, last edited by Rosie Jameson on Oct 31, 2007  (view change)
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By default, it is not possible to edit an issue while in the "Closed" state. However, if you would like to allow editing of closed issues, then you can do this by editing the workflow:

Default Workflow

In the file ./atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/jira-workflow.xml change:

<step id="6" name="Closed">
  <meta name="jira.status.id">6</meta>
  <meta name="jira.issue.editable">false</meta>
  <actions>
    <common-action id="003"/>
  </actions>
</step>

to:

<step id="6" name="Closed">
  <meta name="jira.status.id">6</meta>
  <meta name="jira.issue.editable">true</meta>
  <actions>
    <common-action id="003"/>
  </actions>
</step>

Restart JIRA after you've made this change.

Customised Workflows

You will need to add/edit the property to the Workflow Step.

  1. Navigate to the Workflow step
  2. Click on View steps properties.
  3. Add or edit the property - Key: jira.issue.editable Value: true

* Note that you can not edit Active Workflows. You must deactivate before making this change.
(Alternatively, you can make the same change to the xml as described for the Default Workflow. You will need to edit the data in the database directly)

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Comments (5)

 

  1. Dec 19, 2005

    Norman Wayne Naccari says:

    This didn't work for me.&nbsp; I made the change to the file and stopped and res...

    This didn't work for me.  I made the change to the file and stopped and restarted the Apache Tomcat JIRA service.  Am I missing something?  I can comment the closed issues, but I can't edit the fields.

  2. Feb 13, 2006

    Alix Layman says:

    Same result as reported above \\ can now comment closed issues, but cannot edit ...

    Same result as reported above -- can now comment closed issues, but cannot edit field values.

    I need to be able to bulk edit a field so I can migrate large numbers of issues from an old custom field value to a new one -- which must be done before I can delete the old values. Until I can do the closed issues as well as open ones I can't complete the migration. Is there anything else we should be doing other than single edit step/restart listed in example?  --Thanks

  3. Feb 13, 2006

    Alix Layman says:

    Note: I have customized the workflows and steps a bit \\ I notice that jiraworkf...

    Note: I have customized the workflows and steps a bit -- I notice that jira-workflow.xml does not contain my customizations (for instance I have a step /status of Close - No QA/Closed-No QA and another of Kill/Killed -neither are there in the file). Wondering if this fix is only good for the out-of-box workflow statuses?

  4. Feb 15, 2006

    Nick Menere says:

    For customised workflows you must follow the instructions I have just added abov...

    For customised workflows you must follow the instructions I have just added above.

    Cheers,
    Nick

  5. Jan 16, 2008

    Joaquin Garrido says:

    Are there any other properties available that could be applied here, or in the '...

    Are there any other properties available that could be applied here, or in the 'Add New Property' section of the Step editing screen?