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)

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closedSprints()

Only available if you are using GreenHopper.

Search for issues that are assigned to a completed Sprint. (Note that it is possible for an issue to belong to both a completed Sprint(s) and an incomplete Sprint(s).)

See also openSprints().

Syntax

closedSprints()

Supported Fields

• Sprint

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find all issues that are assigned to a completed Sprint.

  sprint in closedSprints()

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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

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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()

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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()

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earliestUnreleasedVersion()

Perform searches based on the earliest unreleased version (i.e. next version that is due to be released) of a specified project. See also unreleasedVersions.

Note that the "earliest" is determined by the ordering assigned to the versions, not by actual Version Due Dates.

Syntax

earliestUnreleasedVersion(project)

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues whose FixVersion is the earliest unreleased version of the ABC project:

  fixVersion = earliestUnreleasedVersion(ABC)

• Find issues that relate to the earlist unreleased version of the ABC project:

  affectedVersion = earliestUnreleasedVersion(ABC) or fixVersion = earliestUnreleasedVersion(ABC)

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endOfDay()

Perform searches based on the end of the current day. See also endOfWeek, endOfMonth and endOfYear; and startOfDay, startOfWeek, startOfMonth and startOfYear.

Syntax

endOfDay()

or

endOfDay("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. endOfDay("+1") is the same as endOfDay("+1d").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues due by the end of today:

  due < endOfDay()

• Find issues due by the end of tomorrow:

  due < endOfDay("+1")

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endOfMonth()

Perform searches based on the end of the current month. See also endOfDay, endOfWeek and endOfYear; and startOfDay, startOfWeek, startOfMonth and startOfYear.

Syntax

endOfMonth()

or

endOfMonth("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. endOfMonth("+1") is the same as endOfMonth("+1M").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues due by the end of this month:

  due < endOfMonth()

• Find issues due by the end of next month:

  due endOfMonth("+1")

• Find issues due by the 15th of next month:

  due endOfMonth("+15d")

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endOfWeek()

Perform searches based on the end of the current week. See also endOfDay, endOfMonth and endOfYear; and startOfDay, startOfWeek, startOfMonth and startOfYear.

For the endOfWeek() function the result depends upon your locale. For example, in Europe the first day of the week is generally considered to be Monday, while in the USA it is considered to be Sunday.

Syntax

endOfWeek()

or

endOfWeek("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. endOfWeek("+1") is the same as endofWeek("+1w").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues due by the end of this week:

  due < endOfWeek()

• Find issues due by the end of next week:

  due < endOfWeek("+1")

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endOfYear()

Perform searches based on the end of the current year. See also startOfDay, startOfWeek and startOfMonth; and endOfDay, endOfWeek, endOfMonth and endOfYear.

startOfYear()

or

startOfYear("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. endOfYear("+1") is the same as endofYear("+1y").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues due by the end of this year:

  due < endOfYear()

• Find issues due by the end of March next year:

  due < endOfYear("+3M")

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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()

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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()

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latestReleasedVersion()

Perform searches based on the latest released version (i.e. the most recent version that has been released) of a specified project. See also releasedVersions().

Note that the "latest" is determined by the ordering assigned to the versions, not by actual Version Due Dates.

Syntax

latestReleasedVersion(project)

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues whose FixVersionis the latest released version of the ABC project:

  fixVersion = latestReleasedVersion(ABC)

• Find issues that relate to the latest released version of the ABC project:

  affectedVersion = latestReleasedVersion(ABC) or fixVersion = latestReleasedVersion(ABC)

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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")

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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)

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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)

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openSprints()

Only available if you are using GreenHopper.

Search for issues that are assigned to a Sprint which has not yet been completed. (Note that it is possible for an issue to belong to both a completed Sprint(s) and an incomplete Sprint(s).)

See also closedSprints().

Syntax

openSprints()

Supported Fields

• Sprint

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find all issues that are assigned to a Sprint which has not yet been completed.

  sprint in openSprints()

   

  

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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

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projectsWhereUserHasPermission()

Find issues in projects where you have a specific permission.

Note: This function operates at the project level. This means that if a permission (e.g. "Edit Issues") is granted to the reporter of issues in a project, then you may see some issues returned where you are
not the reporter and therefore don't have the permission specified.

Also 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

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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

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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.

See also latestReleasedVersion().

Syntax

releasedVersions()

or

releasedVersions(project)

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find issues whose FixVersion is 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))

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standardIssueTypes()

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

See also subtaskIssueTypes().

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()

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startOfDay()

Perform searches based on the start of the current day. See also startOfWeek, startOfMonth and startOfYear; and endOfDay, endOfWeek, endOfMonth and endOfYear.

Syntax

startOfDay()

or

startOfDay("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. startOfDay("+1") is the same as startofDay("+1d").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find new issues created since the start of today:

  created > startOfDay()

• Find new issues created since the start of yesterday:

  created > startOfDay("-1")

• Find new issues created in the last three days:

  created > startOfDay("-3d")

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startOfMonth()

Perform searches based on the start of the current month. See also startOfDay, startOfWeek and startOfYear; and endOfDay, endOfWeek, endOfMonth and endOfYear.

Syntax

startOfMonth()

or

startOfMonth("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. startOfMonth("+1") is the same as startofMonth("+1M").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find new issues since the start of this month:

  created > startOfMonth()

• Find new issues since the start of last month:

  created > startOfMonth("-1")

• Find new issues since the 15th of this month:

  created > startOfMonth("+14d")

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startOfWeek()

Perform searches based on the start of the current week. See also startOfDay, startOfMonth and startOfYear; and endOfDay, endOfWeek, endOfMonth and endOfYear.

For the startOfWeek() function the result depends upon your locale. For example, in Europe the first day of the week is generally considered to be Monday, while in the USA it is considered to be Sunday.

Syntax

startOfWeek()

or

startOfWeek("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. startOfWeek("+1") is the same as startofWeek("+1w").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find new issues since the start of this week:

  created > startOfWeek()

• Find new issues since the start of last week:

  created > startOfWeek("-1")

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startOfYear()

Perform searches based on the start of the current year. See also startOfDay, startOfWeek and startOfMonth; and endOfDay, endOfWeek, endOfMonth and endOfYear.

startOfYear()

or

startOfYear("inc")

where inc is an optional increment of (+/-)nn(y|M|w|d|h|m)

• If the time unit qualifier is omitted it defaults to the natural period of the function, e.g. startOfYear("+1") is the same as startofYear("+1y").
• If the plus/minus (+/-) sign is omitted, plus is assumed.

Supported Fields

Supported Operators

Examples

• Find new issues since the start of this year:

  created > startOfYear()

• Find new issues since the start of last year:

  created > startOfYear("-1")

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subtaskIssueTypes()

Perform searches based on issues which are sub-tasks.

See also standardIssueTypes().

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()

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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.

See also earliestUnreleasedVersion().

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)

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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()

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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()

version = "[example]"

version = "4.2"

summary ~ "\\[example\\]"

summary ~ "4.2"