I have an auto assignment rule so that whenever an item is created, it assigns an initial default value ("New") for a pop-up field I used across all items in the database.  Then as I work on those items further I adjust the pop-up value accordingly - "in progress", "closed" etc.

 

The problem I am encountering is if I later edit the item text, it keeps changing the pop-up value back to the initial default value of "new" per the auto assignment rule.  Is there a way to stop this from happening?  I am guessing there is :).

 

if not can this be adjusted in a future release?  I don't find this desirable behavior - it seems to me the auto assignment rule should apply only when an item is created.  Having it trigger every time an item is edited defeats the value (pun intended), I don't want items continually being returned to the initial value every time i edit them.

 

Thanks