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Unfortunately, Skills for Jira Configuration UI currently forbids updating skill name after the skill is saved. This limitation is necessary to ensure:

  • The ability to query issues by skill requirements in JQL;

  • The ability to refer to skills in custom automation outside of Skills for Jira;

  • Fast expert matching (i.e. matching task skill requirements with experts - seconds instead of minutes);

  • Performance and data consistency by avoiding re-synchroinization of thousands/millions of issues on rename;

There are several possible workarounds:

  1. Delete and re-create the skill

    This is the simplest approach to use until you have assigned skills to users.

  2. Use a standard script (Python) https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlsc6ob1r2682db/rename-skill.py?dl=0
    The script updates users expertise configuration and optionally, the scoped issues that list this skill as a requirement.

  3. Use Skills for Jira API

    Skill and user expertise management are available via API. You can use it in your own automation

Using https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlsc6ob1r2682db/rename-skill.py?dl=0

Prerequisites:

  • Install Python 3

  • Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/mlsc6ob1r2682db/rename-skill.py?dl=0

  • Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/afiovr3ox4ce08a/requirements.txt?dl=0

  • In the script directory run the following command to install the required libraries:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

  • Obtain endpoint URLs and credentials to be used by the script:

  • (Optional) Create a .env file in the script directory and fill in your credentials and endpoint URLs to providing this information on every script run:

    ATLASSIAN_INSTANCE=https://your-instance.atlassian.net/
ATLASSIAN_USERNAME=username@domain.com
ATLASSIAN_TOKEN=
API_TOKEN=
GET_SKILL_ENDPOINT=
CREATE_SKILL_ENDPOINT=
DELETE_SKILL_ENDPOINT=
GET_ALL_USERS_SKILLS_ENDPOINT=
BULK_UPDATE_USERS_SKILLS_ENDPOINT=
SYNC_SCOPE_JQL=

Executing the script:

python3 rename-skill.py "Old skill name" "New skill name"

Sample output:

Successfully created skill: New skill...
Successfully updated users' expertise...
DEV-7 updated
DEV-4 updated
DEV-3 updated
DEV-1 updated
Successfully deleted skill: Old skill...
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