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  1. On the top navigation bar, click the 'Issues' tab. This will display information on the issue filter or search you currently have selected, if any, on the left hand side of the page. If you have an issue filter or search currently selected, the results will be displayed in the 'Issue Navigator' on the right hand side of the page. Otherwise, no results will be shown.
  2. If you currently have an issue filter or search selected and wish to run a new search, click the 'New' link on the top left hand side of the page. The search form will display on the left-hand side of the screen.
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  3. Type your search term(s) into the 'Query' box (see Performing Text Searches for help with this), and/or select other criteria from the drop-down boxes and check-boxes described below. The drop-down boxes and check-boxes allow you to narrow your search, be it to issues in a certain project, only issues that are marked as 'stoppers', only issues marked as 'enhancements', only issues reported by or assigned to a particular person, and so on.
  4. Click the 'View' button to perform the search and keep the search form visible; or click the 'View & Hide' button to perform the search and hide the search form.

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When using the search form, your selected Project(s) and Issue Type(s) determine what other fields are shown in the search form and what options you can see for these fields. For example, the 'Version' and 'Component' fields will only be available when searching for a single project, and will have different options for each project. When you change the project(s) or issue type(s), you may need to refresh the search filter in order to get the most up-to-date versions, components and custom fields. If a refresh is needed, a blue box will appear, containing a link for you to click.

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If you search on a single project, JIRA will remember that as your selected project and will default to that project on the "Browse Project" and "Create Issue" screens.

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For example, to find issues reported by a particular person, select 'Specify User' in the 'Reporter' field. In the field that appears beneath, type a few letters of the person's name (first name or surname) to display a drop-down list:
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(info) Please note: if the user drop-down does not display, your administrator may have disabled the 'User Picker Auto-complete' feature for your JIRA instance.

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  • Work Ratio Percentage = (Actual / Estimated Work) x 100
    You can enter a minimum, maximum or percentage range; the search will respectively return all issues above, below or within the specified percentage range.

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Using the 'Custom Fields' section

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