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Configure advanced settings

Jira has a small number of commonly edited advanced configuration options, which are stored in the Jira database. These options can be accessed and edited from the Advanced Settings page. 

Editing Jira's advanced settings

  1. Choose > System

  2. Choose General configuration and click Advanced Settings.

  3. Edit the value of a Key by clicking its value on the right of the page. The table below has extended information on some of the Key values.

Key

Key configuration

jira.clone.prefix

Specifying no value prevents a prefix being added to the 'Summary' field of cloned issues.

jira.date.picker.java.format
jira.date.picker.javascript.format
jira.date.time.picker.java.format
jira.date.time.picker.javascript.format

Configuring date picker formats

jira.issue.actions.order

Changing the default order for comments from ascending to descending

jira.view.issue.links.sort.order

Configuring the order of linked issues

4. Click Update. Any changes you make to these properties/keys become effective immediately.

 

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