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What is an Advanced Search?

An advanced search allows you to use structured queries to search for JIRA issues. Your search results will be displayed in the Issue Navigator, where you can export them to MS Excel and many other formats. You can also save and subscribe to your advanced searches if you wish.

A query consists of a field, followed by an operator, followed by a value or function. For example, the following query will find all issues in the "TEST" project:

project = "TEST"

(This example uses the Project field, the EQUALS operator, and the value "TEST".)

Note that it is not possible to compare two fields.

When you perform an advanced search, you are using the JIRA Query Language (JQL). JQL gives you some SQL-like statements, such as Advanced Searching and NULL. It is not, however, a database query language; for example, JQL does not have a SELECT statement.

How to Perform an Advanced Search

On the top navigation bar, click the "Issues" tab. This will display the Search panel.
Click "advanced". This will display the "Query" box:
Type your query using the fields, operators and field values or functions listed below.
Click the "Search" button to run your query.

Keywords Reference

AND

Used to combine multiple statements, allowing you to refine your search.

Note that you can use parentheses to control the order in which statements are executed.

Examples

Find all open issues in the "New office" project:
project = "New office" and status = "open"

Find all open, urgent issues that are assigned to jsmith:

status = open and priority = urgent and assignee = jsmith

Find all issues in a particular project that are not assigned to jsmith:
project = JRA and assignee != jsmith
Find all issues for a specific release which consists of different version numbers across several projects:
project in (JRA,CONF) and fixVersion = "3.14"
Find all issues where neither the Reporter nor the Assignee is Jack, Jill or John:
reporter not in (Jack,Jill,John) and assignee not in (Jack,Jill,John)

OR

Used to combine multiple statements, allowing you to expand your search.

Note that you can use parentheses to control the order in which statements are executed.

(Note: also see IN, which can be a more convenient way to search for multiple values of a field.)

Examples

Find all issues that were created by either jsmith or jbrown:
reporter = jsmith or reporter = jbrown
Find all issues that are overdue or where no due date is set:
duedate < now() or duedate is empty

NOT

Used to negate individual operators or entire statements of a query, allowing you to refine your search.

Note that you can use parentheses to control the order in which statements are executed.

(Note: also see NOT_EQUALS ("!="), DOES_NOT_CONTAIN ("!~"), NOT_IN and IS_NOT.)

Examples

Find all issues that are assigned to any user except jsmith:
not assignee = jsmith
Find all issues that were not created by either jsmith or jbrown:
not (reporter = jsmith or reporter = jbrown)

EMPTY

Used to search for issues where a given field does not have a value. See also NULL.

Note that EMPTY can only be used with fields that support the IS and IS_NOT operators. To see a field's supported operators, check the individual field reference.

Examples

Find all issues without a DueDate:
duedate = empty
or
duedate is empty

NULL

Used to search for issues where a given field does not have a value. See also EMPTY.

Note that NULL can only be used with fields that support the IS and IS_NOT operators. To see a field's supported operators, check the individual field reference.

Examples

Find all issues without a DueDate:
duedate = null
or
duedate is null

ORDER BY

Used to specify the fields by whose values the search results will be sorted.

By default, the field's own sorting order will be used. You can override this by specifying ascending order ("asc") or descending order ("desc").

Examples

Find all issues without a DueDate, sorted by CreationDate:
duedate = empty order by created
Find all issues without a DueDate, sorted by CreationDate, then by Priority(highest to lowest):
duedate = empty order by created, priority desc
Find all issues without a DueDate, sorted by CreationDate, then by Priority(lowest to highest):
duedate = empty order by created, priority asc

Operators Reference

EQUALS: =

The "=" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field exactly matches the specified value. (Note: cannot be used with text fields; see the CONTAINS operator instead.)

To find issues where the value of a specified field exactly matches multiple values, use multiple "=" statements with the AND operator.

Examples

Find all issues that were created by jsmith:
reporter = jsmith
Find all issues that were created by John Smith:
reporter = "John Smith"

NOT EQUALS: !=

The "!=" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field does not match the specified value. (Note: cannot be used with text fields; see the DOES_NOT_MATCH ("!~") operator instead.)

Note that typing field != value is the same as typing NOT field = value, and that field != EMPTY is the same as field IS_NOT EMPTY.

The "!=" operator will not match a field that has no value (i.e. a field that is empty). For example, component != fred will only match issues that have a component and the component is not "fred". To find issues that have a component other than "fred" or have no component, you would need to type: component != fred or component is empty.

Examples

Find all issues that are assigned to any user except jsmith:
not assignee = jsmith
or:
assignee != jsmith
Find all issues that are not assigned to jsmith:
assignee != jsmith or assignee is empty
Find all issues that were reported by me but are not assigned to me:
reporter = currentUser() and assignee != currentUser()
Find all issues where the Reporter or Assignee is anyone except John Smith:
assignee != "John Smith" or reporter != "John Smith"
Find all issues that are not unassigned:
assignee is not empty
or
assignee != null

GREATER THAN: >

The ">" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is greater than the specified value. Cannot be used with text fields.

Note that the ">" operator can only be used with fields which support ordering (e.g. date fields and version fields). To see a field's supported operators, check the individual field reference.

Examples

Find all issues with more than 4 votes:
votes > 4
Find all overdue issues:
duedate < now() and resolution is empty
Find all issues where priority is higher than "Normal":
priority > normal

GREATER THAN EQUALS: >=

The ">=" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is greater than or equal to the specified value. Cannot be used with text fields.

Note that the ">=" operator can only be used with fields which support ordering (e.g. date fields and version fields). To see a field's supported operators, check the individual field reference.

Examples

Find all issues with 4 or more votes:
votes >= 4
Find all issues due on or after 31/12/2008:
duedate >= "2008/12/31"
Find all issues created in the last five days:
created >= "-5d"

LESS THAN: <

The "<" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is less than the specified value. Cannot be used with text fields.

Note that the "<" operator can only be used with fields which support ordering (e.g. date fields and version fields). To see a field's supported operators, check the individual field reference.

Examples

Find all issues with less than 4 votes:
votes < 4

LESS THAN EQUALS: <=

The "<=" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is less than or equal to than the specified value. Cannot be used with text fields.

Note that the "<=" operator can only be used with fields which support ordering (e.g. date fields and version fields). To see a field's supported operators, check the individual field reference.

Examples

Find all issues with 4 or fewer votes:
votes <= 4
Find all issues that have not been updated in the past month (30 days):
updated <= "-4w 2d"

IN

The "IN" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is one of multiple specified values. The values are specified as a comma-delimited list, surrounded by parentheses.

Using "IN" is equivalent to using multiple EQUALS (=) statements, but is shorter and more convenient. That is, typing reporter IN (tom, jane, harry) is the same as typing reporter = "tom" OR reporter = "jane" OR reporter = "harry".

Examples

Find all issues that were created by either jsmith or jbrown or jjones:
reporter in (jsmith,jbrown,jjones)
Find all issues where the Reporter or Assignee is either Jack or Jill:
reporter in (Jack,Jill) or assignee in (Jack,Jill)
Find all issues in version 3.14 or version 4.2:
affectedVersion in ("3.14", "4.2")

NOT IN

The "NOT IN" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is not one of multiple specified values.

Using "NOT IN" is equivalent to using multiple NOT_EQUALS (!=) statements, but is shorter and more convenient. That is, typing reporter NOT IN (tom, jane, harry) is the same as typing reporter != "tom" AND reporter != "jane" AND reporter != "harry".

The "NOT IN" operator will not match a field that has no value (i.e. a field that is empty). For example, assignee not in (jack,jill) will only match issues that have an assignee and the assignee is not "jack" or "jill". To find issues that are assigned to someone other than "jack" or "jill" or are unassigned, you would need to type: assignee not in (jack,jill) or assignee is empty.

Examples

Find all issues where the Assignee is someone other than Jack, Jill or John:
assignee not in (Jack,Jill,John)
Find all issues where the Assignee is not Jack, Jill or John:
assignee not in (Jack,Jill,John) or assignee is empty
Find all issues where the FixVersion is not 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D':
FixVersion not in ( A, B, C, D)
Find all issues where the FixVersion is not 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D', or has not been specified:
FixVersion not in ( A, B, C, D) or FixVersion is empty

CONTAINS: ~

The "~" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field matches the specified value (either an exact match or a "fuzzy" match — see examples below). For use with text fields only, i.e.:

Note: when using the "~" operator, the value on the right-hand side of the operator can be specified using JIRA text-search syntax.

Examples

Find all issues where the Summary contains the word "win" (or simple derivatives of that word, such as "wins"):
summary ~ win
Find all issues where the Summary contains a wild-cardmatch for the word "win":
summary ~ "win*"
Find all issues where the Summary contains the exact phrase "full screen" (see Reserved_Charactersfor details on how to escape quote-marks and other special characters):
summary ~ "\"full screen\""

DOES NOT CONTAIN: !~

The "!~" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field is not a "fuzzy" match for the specified value. For use with text fields only, i.e.:

Note: when using the "!~" operator, the value on the right-hand side of the operator can be specified using JIRA text-search syntax.

Examples

Find all issues where the Summary does not contain the word "run" (or derivatives of that word, such as "running" or "ran"):
summary !~ run

IS

The "IS" operator can only be used with EMPTY or NULL. That is, it is used to search for issues where the specified field has no value.

Note that not all fields are compatible with this operator; see the individual field reference for details.

Examples

Find all issues that have no Fix Version:
fixVersion is empty
or
fixVersion is null

IS NOT

The "IS NOT" operator can only be used with EMPTY or NULL. That is, it is used to search for issues where the specified field has a value.

Note that not all fields are compatible with this operator; see the individual field reference for details.

Examples

Find all issues that have one or more votes:
votes is not empty
or
votes is not null

Fields Reference

Affected Version

Search for issues that are assigned to a particular Affects Version(s). You can search by version name or version ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a version).

Different projects may have versions with the same name, so searching by version name may return issues from multiple projects. It is also possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a version, which could break any saved filters which rely on that name. Version IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

affectedVersion

Field Type

VERSION

Supported Operators

Note that the comparison operators (e.g. ">") use the version order that has been set up by your project administrator, not a numeric or alphabetic order.

Supported Functions

Examples

Find issues with an AffectedVersion of 3.14:
affectedVersion = "3.14"
(Note that full-stops are reserved characters, so they need to be surrounded by quote marks.)
Find issues with an AffectedVersion of "Big Ted":
affectedVersion = "Big Ted"
Find issues with an AffectedVersion ID of 10350:
affectedVersion = 10350

Assignee

Search for issues that are assigned to a particular user. You can search by the user's Full Name, ID or Email Address.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

assignee

Field Type

USER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Search for issues that are assigned to John Smith:
assignee = "John Smith"
or
assignee = jsmith
Search for issues that are assigned by the user with email address "bob@mycompany.com":
assignee = "bob@mycompany.com"
(Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.)

Search for issues that have a Comment which contains particular text.

JIRA text-search syntax can be used.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

comment

Field Type

TEXT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues where a Comment contains text that matches "My PC is quite old" (i.e. a "fuzzy" match:
comment ~ "My PC is quite old"
Find issues where a Comment contains the exact phrase "My PC is quite old":
comment ~ "\"My PC is quite old\""

Component

Search for issues that belong to a particular component(s) of a project. You can search by component name or component ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a component).

Different projects may have components with the same name, so searching by component name may return issues from multiple projects. It is also possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a component, which could break any saved filters which rely on that name. Component IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

component

Field Type

COMPONENT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

When used with the IN and NOT_IN operators, component supports:

componentsLeadByUser()

Examples

Find issues in the "Comp1" or "Comp2" component:
component in (Comp1, Comp2)

Find issues in the "Comp1" and"Comp2" components:

 component in (Comp1) and component in (Comp2)

or

 component = Comp1 and component = Comp2

Find issues in the component with ID 20500:
component = 20500

Created

Search for issues that were created on, before or after a particular date (or date range).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

created

Alias:

createdDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Find all issues created on or before 12th December 2008 00:00:
created <= "2008/12/12"
Find issues created less than one day ago:
created > "-1d"

Find issues created in January 2009:

created > "2008/12/31" and created < "2009/02/01"

Find issues created on 15 January 2009:

created > "2009/01/14" and created < "2009/01/16"

Custom Field

Only applicable if your JIRA administrator has created one or more Custom Fields.

Search for issues where a particular Custom Field has a particular value.

You can search by Custom Field name or Custom Field ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to an Custom Field).

It is possible for a Custom Field to have the same name as a built-in JIRA system field, in which case JIRA will search on the system field (not your custom field). It is also possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a Custom Field, which could break any saved filters which rely on that name. Custom Field IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note:

JIRA text-search syntax can be used with Custom Fields of type 'Text'.
auto-complete is supported for Custom Fields of type picker, group picker, select (except 'Cascading Select'), check-box and radio button fields.

Syntax

CustomFieldName

Alias:

cf[CustomFieldID]

Field Type

Depends on the Custom Field's configuration

Supported Operators

Different types of Custom Fields support different operators. For the default Custom Field Types, the following operators are supported:

Number and date/time fields:
Picker, select, check-box and radio button fields:
Text fields:

Supported Functions

Different types of Custom Fields support different functions. For the default Custom Field Types, the following functions are supported:

Date/time fields:
Version picker fields:

Examples

Find issues where the value of the "Location" Custom Field is "New York":
location = "New York"
Find issues where the value of the Custom Field with ID 10003 is "New York":
cf[10003] = "New York"
Find issues where the value of the "Location" Custom Field is "London" or "Milan" or "Paris":
cf[10003] in ("London", "Milan", "Paris")
Find issues where the "Location" Custom Field has no value:
location != empty

Description

Search for issues where the Description contains particular text.

JIRA text-search syntax can be used.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

description

Field Type

TEXT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues where the Description contains text that matches "Please see screenshot" (i.e. a "fuzzy" match):
description ~ "Please see screenshot"
Find issues where the Description contains the exact phrase "Please see screenshot":
description ~ "\"Please see screenshot\""

Due

Search for issues that were due on, before or after a particular date (or date range).

Note that Due Date relates to the date only (not to the time).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

due

Alias:

dueDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Find all issues due on or before 31st December 2008:
due <= "2008/12/31"
Find issues that are due tomorrow:
due = "1d"
Find issues that were due in January 2009:
due > "2008/12/31" and due < "2009/02/01"
Find issues that were due on 15 January 2009:
due > "2009/01/14" and due < "2009/01/16"

Environment

Search for issues where the Environment contains particular text.

JIRA text-search syntax can be used.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

environment

Field Type

TEXT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues where the Environment contains text that matches "Third floor" (i.e. a "fuzzy" match):
environment ~ "Third floor"
Find issues where the Environment contains the exact phrase "Third floor":
environment ~ "\"Third floor\""

Filter

You can use a saved filter to narrow your search. You can search by filter name or filter ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a saved filter).

It is possible for a filter name to be changed, which could break a saved filter that invokes another filter by name. Filter IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note:

An Advanced Searching statement in your typed query will override an ORDER BY statement in the saved filter.
You cannot run or save a filter that would cause an infinite loop (i.e. you cannot reference a saved filter if it eventually references your current filter).
This field supports auto-complete.
Syntax
filter
Aliases:
request
savedFilter
searchRequest

Field Type

FILTER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Search the results of the filter "My Saved Filter" (which has an ID of 12000) for issues assigned to the user jsmith:
filter = "My Saved Filter" and assignee = jsmith
or
filter = 12000 and assignee = jsmith

Fix Version

Search for issues that are assigned to a particular Fix Version. You can search by version name or version ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a version).

Different projects may have versions with the same name, so searching by version name may return issues from multiple projects. It is also possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a version, which could break any saved filters that rely on that name. Version IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

fixVersion

Field Type

VERSION

Supported Operators

Note that the comparison operators (e.g. ">") use the version order that has been set up by your project administrator, not a numeric or alphabetic order.

Supported Functions

Examples

Find issues with a Fix Version of 3.14 or 4.2:
fixVersion in ("3.14", "4.2")
(Note that full-stops are reserved characters, so they need to be surrounded by quote marks.)
Find issues with a Fix Version of "Little Ted":
fixVersion = "Little Ted"
Find issues with a Fix Version ID of 10001:
fixVersion = 10001

Issue Key

Search for issues with a particular Issue Key or Issue ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to an Issue).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

issueKey

Aliases:

id

issue

key

Field Type

ISSUE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

When used with the IN or NOT_IN operators, issueKey supports:

issueHistory()
linkedIssues()
votedIssues()
watchedIssues()

Examples

Find the issue with key "ABC-123":
issueKey = ABC-123

Level

Only available if Issue Level Security has been enabled by your JIRA administrator.

Search for issues with a particular Security Level. You can search by Issue Security Level name or Issue Security Level ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to an Issue Security Level).

It is possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a Security Level, which could break any saved filter which rely on that name. Security Level IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

level

Field Type

SECURITY LEVEL

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Search for issues with a Security Level of "Really High" or "level1":
level in ("Really High", level1)
Search for issues with a Security Level ID of 123:
level = 123

Original Estimate

Only available if time-tracking has been enabled by your JIRA administrator.

Search for issues where the Original Estimate is set to a particular value (i.e. a number, not a date or date range).

Use "w", "d", "h" and "m" to specify weeks, days, hours or minutes.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

originalEstimate

Alias:

timeOriginalEstimate

Field Type

DURATION

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues with an Original Estimate of 1 hour:
originalEstimate = 1h
Find issues with an Original Estimate of more than 2 days:
originalEstimate > 2d

Parent

Only available if sub-tasks have been enabled by your JIRA administrator.

Search for all sub-tasks of a particular issue. You can search by Issue Key or by Issue ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to an Issue).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

parent

Field Type

ISSUE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues that are sub-tasks of issue TEST-1234:
parent = TEST-1234

Priority

Search for issues with a particular Priority. You can search by Priority name or Priority ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a Priority).

It is possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a Priority, which could break any saved filter which rely on that name. Priority IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

priority

Field Type

PRIORITY

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues with a Priority of "High":
priority = High
Find issues with a Priority ID of 10000:
priority = 10000

Project

Search for issues that belong to a particular Project

You can search by Project Name, by Project Key or by Project ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a project).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

project

Field Type

PROJECT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

When used with the IN and NOT_IN operators, project supports:

projectsLeadByUser()
projectsWhereUserHasPermission()
projectsWhereUserHasRole()

Examples

Find issues that belong to the Project that has the name "ABC Project":
project = "ABC Project"
Find issues that belong to the Project that has the key "ABC":
project = "ABC"
Find issues that belong to the Project that has the ID "1234":
project = 1234

Remaining Estimate

Only available if time-tracking has been enabled by your JIRA administrator.

Search for issues where the Remaining Estimate is set to a particular value (i.e. a number, not a date or date range).

Use "w", "d", "h" and "m" to specify weeks, days, hours or minutes.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

remainingEstimate

Alias:

timeEstimate

Field Type

DURATION

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues with a Remaining Estimate of more than 4 hours:
remainingEstimate > 4h

Reporter

Search for issues that were reported by (i.e. created by) a particular user.

You can search by the user's Full Name, ID or Email Address.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

reporter

Field Type

USER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Search for issues that were created by Jill Jones:
reporter = "Jill Jones"
or
reporter = jjones
Search for issues that were created by the user with email address "bob@mycompany.com":
assignee = "bob@mycompany.com"
(Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.)

Resolution

Search for issues that have a particular Resolution

You can search by Resolution name or Resolution ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a Resolution).

It is possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a Resolution, which could break any saved filter which rely on that name. Resolution IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

resolution

Field Type

RESOLUTION

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues with a Resolution of "Cannot Reproduce" or "Won't Fix":
resolution in ("Cannot Reproduce", "Won't Fix")
Find issues with a Resolution ID of 5:
resolution = 5
Find issues that do not have a Resolution:
resolution = unresolved

Resolved

Search for issues that were resolved on, before or after a particular date (or date range).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

resolved

Alias:

resolutionDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

When used with the EQUALS, NOT_EQUALS, GREATER_THAN, GREATER_THAN_EQUALS, LESS_THAN or LESS_THAN_EQUALS operators, resolved supports:

currentLogin()
lastLogin()
now()

Examples

Find all issues that were resolved on or before 31st December 2008 00:00:
resolved <= "2008/12/31"

Find issues that were resolved in January 2009:

resolved > "2008/12/31" and resolved < "2009/02/01"

Find issues that were resolved on 15 January 2009:

resolved > "2009/01/14" and resolved < "2009/01/16"

Find issues that were resolved in the last hour:
resolved > -1h

Status

Search for issues that have a particular Status.

You can search by Status name or Status ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a Status).

It is possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a Status which could break any saved filter which rely on that name. Status IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

status

Field Type

STATUS

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues with a Status of "Open":
status = Open
Find issues with a Status ID of 1:
status = 1

Summary

Search for issues where the Summary contains particular text.

JIRA text-search syntax can be used.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

summary

Field Type

TEXT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues where the Summary contains text that matches "Error saving file" (i.e. a "fuzzy" match):
summary ~ "Error saving file"
Find issues where the Summary contains the exact phrase "Error saving file":
summary ~ "\"Error saving file\""

Text

This is a "master-field" that allows you to search all text fields, i.e.:

Note: The text master-field can only be used with the CONTAINS operator ("~" and "!~").

Syntax

text

Field Type

TEXT

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues where a text field matches the word "Fred":
text ~ "Fred"
or
text ~ Fred
Find all issues where a text field contains the exact phrase "full screen":
text ~ "\"full screen\""

Type

Search for issues that have a particular Issue Type.

You can search by Issue Type name or Issue Type ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to an Issue Type).

It is possible for your JIRA administrator to change the name of a Type, which could break any saved filter which rely on that name. Type IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

type

Alias:

issueType

Field Type

ISSUE_TYPE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues with an Issue Type of "Bug":
type = Bug
Find issues with an Issue Type of "Bug" or "Improvement":
issueType in (Bug,Improvement)
Find issues with an Issue Type ID of 2:
issueType = 2

Time Spent

Only available if time-tracking has been enabled by your JIRA administrator.

Search for issues where the Time Spent is set to a particular value (i.e. a number, not a date or date range).

Use "w", "d", "h" and "m" to specify weeks, days, hours or minutes.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

timeSpent

Field Type

DURATION

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues where the Time Spent is more than 5 days:
timeSpent > 5d

Updated

Search for issues that were last updated on, before or after a particular date (or date range).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

updated

Alias:

updatedDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Find issues that were updated on or before 12th December 2008 00:00:
updated <= "2008/12/12"
Find issues that were updated more than two weeks ago:
updated < "-2w"

Find issues that were updated on 15 January 2009:

updated > "2009/01/14" and updated < "2009/01/16"

Find issues that were updated in January 2009:

updated > "2008/12/31" and updated < "2009/02/01"

Voter

Search for issues for which a particular user has voted. You can search by the user's Full Name, ID or Email Address. Note that you can only find issues for which you have the "View Voters and Watchers" permission, unless you are searching for your own votes. See also votedIssues.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

voter

Field Type

USER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Search for issues for which you have voted:
voter = currentUser()
Search for issues for which the user "jsmith" has voted:
voter = "jsmith"
Search for issues for which a member of the group "jira-developers" has voted:
voter in membersOf("jira-developers")

Votes

Search for issues with a specified number of votes.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

votes

Field Type

NUMBER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find all issues that have 12 or more votes:
votes >= 12

Watcher

Search for issues that a particular user is watching. You can search by the user's Full Name, ID or Email Address. Note that you can only find issues for which you have the "View Voters and Watchers" permission, unless you are searching for issues where you are the watcher. See also watchedIssues.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

watcher

Field Type

USER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Search for issues that you are watching:
watcher = currentUser()
Search for issues that the user "jsmith" is watching:
watcher = "jsmith"
Search for issues that are being watched by a member of the group "jira-developers":
watcher in membersOf("jira-developers")

Work Ratio

Only available if time-tracking has been enabled by your JIRA administrator.

Search for issues where the Work Ratio has a particular value.

Work Ratio is calculated as follows: workRatio = timeSpent / originalEstimate) x 100

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

workRatio

Field Type

NUMBER

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

Find issues on which more than 75% of the Original Estimate has been spent:
workRatio > 75

Functions Reference

cascadeOption()

Search for issues that match the selected values of a 'cascading select' custom field.

The parentOption parameter matches against the first tier of options in the cascading select field. The childOption parameter matches against the second tier of options in the cascading select field, and is optional.

The keyword "none" can be used to search for issues where either or both of the options have no value.

Syntax

cascadeOption(parentOption)

or

cascadeOption(parentOption,childOption)

Supported Fields

custom fields of type 'Cascading Select'

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues where a custom field ("Location") has the value "USA" for the first tier and "New York" for the second tier:
location in cascadeOption("USA","New York")
Find issues where a custom field ("Location") has the value "USA" for the first tier and any value (or no value) for the second tier:
location in cascadeOption("USA")
Find issues where a custom field ("Location") has the value "USA" for the first tier and no value for the second tier:
location in cascadeOption("USA",none)
Find issues where a custom field ("Location") has no value for the first tier and no value for the second tier:
location in cascadeOption(none)
Find issues where a custom field ("Referrer") has the value "none" for the first tier and "none" for the second tier:
referrer in cascadeOption("\"none\"","\"none\"")
Find issues where a custom field ("Referrer") has the value "none" for the first tier and no value for the second tier:
referrer in cascadeOption("\"none\"",none)

componentsLeadByUser()

Find issues in components that are lead by a specific user.

You can optionally specify a user, or if the user is omitted the current user (i.e. you) will be used.

Note that if you are not logged in to JIRA, a user must be specified.

Syntax

componentsLeadByUser()

or

componentsLeadByUser(username)

Supported Fields

Component

Supported Operators

Examples

Find open issues in components that are lead by you:

component in componentsLeadByUser() AND status = Open

Find open issues in components that are lead by Bill:

component in componentsLeadByUser(bill) AND status = Open

currentLogin()

Perform searches based on the time at which the current user's session began. See also lastLogin.

Syntax

currentLogin()

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that have been created during my current session:
created > currentLogin()

currentUser()

Perform searches based on the currently logged-in user.

Note that this function can only be used by logged-in users. So if you are creating a saved filter that you expect to be used by anonymous users, do not use this function.

Syntax

currentUser()

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that are assigned to me:
assignee = currentUser()
Find issues that were reported to me but are not assigned to me:
reporter = currentUser() and assignee != currentUser()

issueHistory()

Find issues that you have recently viewed, i.e. issues that are in the 'Recent Issues' section of the 'Issues' drop-down menu.

Note:

issueHistory() returns up to 50 issues, whereas the 'Recent Issues' drop-down returns only 5.
if you are not logged in to JIRA, only issues from your current browser session will be included.

Syntax

issueHistory()

Supported Fields

Issue

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues which I have recently viewed, that are assigned to me:
issue in issueHistory() AND assignee = currentUser()

lastLogin()

Perform searches based on the time at which the current user's previous session began. See also currentLogin.

Syntax

currentLogin()

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that have been created during my last session:
created > lastLogin()

linkedIssues()

Perform searches based on issues which are linked to a specified issue.

You can optionally restrict the search to links of a particular type. Note that LinkType is case-sensitive.

Syntax

linkedIssues(issueKey)

or

linkedIssues(issueKey,linkType)

Supported Fields

Issue

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that are linked to a particular issue:
issue in linkedIssues(ABC-123)
Find issues that are linked to a particular issue via a particular type of link:
issue in linkedIssues(ABC-123,"is duplicated by")

membersOf()

Perform searches based on the members of a particular group.

Syntax

membersOf(Group)

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues where the Assignee is a member of the group "jira-developers":
assignee in membersOf("jira-developers")

Search through multiple groups and a specific user, e.g:

reporter in membersOf("jira-developers") or reporter in membersOf("jira-administrators") or reporter=jsmith

Search for a particular group, but exclude a particular member or members, e.g.:
assignee in membersOf(QA) and assignee not in ("John Smith","Jill Jones")
Exclude members of a particular group:
assignee not in membersOf(QA)

now()

Perform searches based on the current time.

Syntax

now()

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that are overdue:

duedate < now() and status not in (closed, resolved)

projectsLeadByUser()

Find issues in projects that are lead by a specific user.

You can optionally specify a user, or if the user is omitted the current user will be used.

Note that if you are not logged in to JIRA, a user must be specified.

Syntax

projectsLeadByUser()

or

projectsLeadByUser(username)

Supported Fields

Project

Supported Operators

Examples

Find open issues in projects that are lead by you:
project in projectsLeadByUser() AND status = Open

Find open issues in projects that are lead by Bill:

project in projectsLeadByUser(bill) AND status = Open

projectsWhereUserHasPermission()

Find issues in projects where you have a specific permission.

Note that this function is only available if you are logged in to JIRA.

Syntax

projectsWhereUserHasPermission(permission)

For the permission parameter you can specify any of the following:

Supported Fields

Project

Supported Operators

Examples

Find open issues in projects where you have the "Resolve Issues" permission:

project in projectsWhereUserHasPermission("Resolve Issues") AND status = Open

projectsWhereUserHasRole()

Find issues in projects where you have a specific role.

Note that this function is only available if you are logged in to JIRA.

Syntax

projectsWhereUserHasRole(rolename)

Supported Fields

Project

Supported Operators

Examples

Find open issues in projects where you have the "Developers" role:

project in projectsWhereUserHasRole("Developers") AND status = Open

releasedVersions()

Perform searches based on the released versions (i.e. versions that your JIRA administrator has released) of a specified project.

You can also search on the released versions of all projects, by omitting the project parameter.

Syntax

releasedVersions()

or

releasedVersions(project)

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues whose FixVersionis a released version of the ABC project:
fixVersion in releasedVersions(ABC)

Find issues that relate to released versions of the ABC project:

affectedVersion in releasedVersions(ABC)

or

fixVersion in releasedVersions(ABC)

standardIssueTypes()

Perform searches based on "standard" Issue Types, that is, search for issues which are not sub-tasks.

Syntax

standardIssueTypes()

Supported Fields

Type

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that are not subtasks (i.e. issues whose Issue Type is a standard issue type, not a subtask issue type):
issuetype in standardIssueTypes()

subtaskIssueTypes()

Perform searches based on issues which are sub-tasks.

Syntax

subtaskIssueTypes()

Supported Fields

Type

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that are subtasks (i.e. issues whose Issue Type is a subtask issue type):
issuetype in subtaskIssueTypes()

unreleasedVersions()

Perform searches based on the unreleased versions (i.e. versions that your JIRA administrator has not yet released) of a specified project.

You can also search on the unreleased versions of all projects, by omitting the project parameter.

Syntax

unreleasedVersions()

or

unreleasedVersions(project)

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues whose FixVersionis an unreleased version of the ABC project:
fixVersion in unreleasedVersions(ABC)

Find issues that relate to unreleased versions of the ABC project:

affectedVersion in unreleasedVersions(ABC)

or

fixVersion in unreleasedVersions(ABC)

votedIssues()

Perform searches based on issues for which you have voted. Also see the Voter field.

Note that this function can only be used by logged-in users.

Syntax

votedIssues()

Supported Fields

Issue

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that you have voted for:
issue in votedIssues()

watchedIssues()

Perform searches based on issues which you are watching. Also see the Watcher field.

Note that this function can only be used by logged-in users.

Syntax

watchedIssues()

Supported Fields

Issue

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that you are watching:
issue in watchedIssues()

Supported Fields

Issue

Supported Operators

Examples

Find issues that you have recently viewed:
issue in issueHistory()

Setting Precedence of Operators

You can use parentheses in complex JQL statements to enforce the precedence of operators.

For example, if you want to find all resolved issues in the SysAdmin project as well as all issues (any status, any project) currently assigned to the system administrator (bobsmith), you can use parentheses to enforce the precedence of the boolean operators in your query, i.e.:

(status=resolved AND project=SysAdmin) OR assignee=bobsmith

Note that if you do not use parentheses, the statement will be evaluated left-to-right.

You can also use parentheses to group clauses, so that you can apply the NOT operator to the group.

Performing Text Searches

You can use Lucene's text-searching features when performing searches on the following fields, using the CONTAINS operator:

For details, please see the page on Performing Text Searches, which includes the following sections:

Using Auto-complete

As you type your query, JIRA will recognise the context and offer a list of "auto-complete" suggestions as follows:

The list of auto-complete suggestions is displayed alphabetically and includes the first 15 matches. Note that auto-complete suggestions are not offered for function parameters.

If no auto-complete suggestions are offered, your administrator may have disabled the "JQL Auto-complete" feature for your JIRA instance.
If you prefer not to be offered auto-complete suggestions, click the "Turn off auto-complete" link below the "Query" box.

Auto-complete suggestions are not offered for all fields. Check the fields reference to see which fields support auto-complete.

If you type a space at the start of your query...

...JIRA will offer a list of all available fields, e.g.:

JIRA 4.2 > Advanced Searching > autocomplete-space.png (autocomplete-space.png)

If you type one or more characters...

...JIRA will offer a list of matching fields, e.g.:

JIRA 4.2 > Advanced Searching > autocomplete-character.png (autocomplete-character.png)

If you type a field then a space...

...JIRA will offer a list of valid operators, e.g.:

JIRA 4.2 > Advanced Searching > autocomplete-operator.png (autocomplete-operator.png)

If you type a field, then an operator, then a space...

...JIRA will offer a list of valid values, e.g.:

JIRA 4.2 > Advanced Searching > autocomplete-clause.png (autocomplete-clause.png)

If you type a field, then an operator, then one or more characters...

...JIRA will offer a list of valid values (if your field supports this) and valid functions for the field/operator combination, e.g.:

JIRA 4.2 > Advanced Searching > autocomplete-value.png (autocomplete-value.png)

Switching between 'Advanced' and 'Simple' Search

In general, a query created using 'Simple Search' will be able to be translated to 'Advanced Search' (i.e. JQL), and back again.

However, a query created using 'Advanced Search' may not be able to be translated to 'Simple Search', particular if:

the query contains an OR operator (note you can have an IN operator and it will be translated, e.g. project in (A, B))
- i.e. even though this query: (project = JRA OR project = CONF) is equivalent to this query:(project in (JRA, CONF)), only the second query will be translated.
the query contains a NOT operator
the query contains an EMPTY operator
the query contains any of the comparison operators: !=, IS, IS NOT, >, >=, <, <=
the query specifies a field and value that is related to a project (e.g. version, component, custom fields) and the project is not explicitly included in the query (e.g.
fixVersion = "4.0", without the AND project=JRA). This is especially tricky with custom fields since they can be configured on a Project/Issue Type basis. The general rule of thumb is
that if the query cannot be created in the 'Simple Search' form, then if it is created using 'Advanced Search' it will not be able to be translated to 'Simple Search'.

Reserved Characters

JQL has a list of reserved characters:

space (" ")
"+"
"."
","
";"
"?"
"|"
"*"
"/"
"%"
"^"
"$"
"#"
"@"
"["
"]"

If you wish to use these characters in queries, you need to:

surround them with quote-marks (you can use either single quote-marks (') or double quote-marks (")); and
precede them with two backslashes.

For example:

summary ~ "\\[example\\]"

Note that there is an additional list of reserved characters for Text Searches, which applies to the following fields:
.

Reserved Words

JQL has a list of reserved words. These words need to be surrounded by quote-marks if you wish to use them in queries:

"abort", "access", "add", "after", "alias", "all", "alter", "and", "any", "as", "asc",
"audit", "avg", "before", "begin", "between", "boolean", "break", "by", "byte", "catch", "cf",
"char", "character", "check", "checkpoint", "collate", "collation", "column", "commit", "connect", "continue",
"count", "create", "current", "date", "decimal", "declare", "decrement", "default", "defaults", "define", "delete",
"delimiter", "desc", "difference", "distinct", "divide", "do", "double", "drop", "else", "empty", "encoding",
"end", "equals", "escape", "exclusive", "exec", "execute", "exists", "explain", "false", "fetch", "file", "field",
"first", "float", "for", "from", "function", "go", "goto", "grant", "greater", "group", "having",
"identified", "if", "immediate", "in", "increment", "index", "initial", "inner", "inout", "input", "insert",
"int", "integer", "intersect", "intersection", "into", "is", "isempty", "isnull", "join", "last", "left",
"less", "like", "limit", "lock", "long", "max", "min", "minus", "mode", "modify",
"modulo", "more", "multiply", "next", "noaudit", "not", "notin", "nowait", "null", "number", "object",
"of", "on", "option", "or", "order", "outer", "output", "power", "previous", "prior", "privileges",
"public", "raise", "raw", "remainder", "rename", "resource", "return", "returns", "revoke", "right", "row",
"rowid", "rownum", "rows", "select", "session", "set", "share", "size", "sqrt", "start", "strict",
"string", "subtract", "sum", "synonym", "table", "then", "to", "trans", "transaction", "trigger", "true",
"uid", "union", "unique", "update", "user", "validate", "values", "view", "when", "whenever", "where",
"while", "with"

You can use either single quote-marks (') or double quote-marks (").

(Note for JIRA administrators: this list is hard coded in the JqlStringSupportImpl.java file.)

Note that there is an additional list of reserved words for Text Searches, which applies to the following fields:
.

What is an Advanced Search?

How to Perform an Advanced Search

Keywords Reference

AND

Examples

OR

Examples

NOT

Examples

EMPTY

Examples

NULL

Examples

ORDER BY

Examples

Operators Reference

EQUALS: =

Examples

NOT EQUALS: !=

Examples

GREATER THAN: >

Examples

GREATER THAN EQUALS: >=

Examples

LESS THAN: <

Examples

LESS THAN EQUALS: <=

Examples

IN

Examples

NOT IN

Examples

CONTAINS: ~

Examples

DOES NOT CONTAIN: !~

Examples

IS

Examples

IS NOT

Examples

Fields Reference

Affected Version

Syntax

Field Type

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Assignee

Syntax

Field Type

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Category

Syntax

Field Type

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Comment

Syntax

Field Type

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Component

Syntax

Field Type

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Created

Syntax

Field Type

Supported Operators

Supported Functions

Examples

Custom Field

Syntax

Field Type