Field requirement
You can set certain fields as required or mandatory for certain issues. This is a very useful feature as it ensures that critical information can be captured when users create issues. For example, for our support system, it makes sense to have our users enter in the system that is misbehaving in a field and make that field compulsory to help our support engineers.
You have already seen required fields in action. System fields, such as Summary and Issue Type, are compulsory in Jira (and you cannot change that). When you do not specify a value for a required field, Jira will display an error message underneath the field, telling you that the value is required.
When you add a new field into Jira, such as custom fields, it is ...
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