• Summary
• Description
• Environment
• Comments
• custom fields which use the "Free Text Searcher"; this includes custom fields of the following built-in Custom Field Types
  • Free Text Field (unlimited text)
  • Text Field (< 255 characters)
  • Read-only Text Field

The JQL field "text" as in text ~ "some words" searches an issue's Summary, Description, Environment, Comments. It also searches all text custom fields. If you have many text custom fields you can improve performance of your queries by searching on specific fields, e.g.
Summary ~ "some words" OR Description ~ "some words"

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.

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

AND

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

Note that you can use parentheses to control the order in which clauses 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)

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OR

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

Note that you can use parentheses to control the order in which clauses 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

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NOT

Used to negate individual clauses or a complex JQL query (a query made up of more than one clause) using parentheses, allowing you to refine your search.

(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)

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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"

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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")

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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

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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-card match for the word "win":

  summary ~ "win*"

• Find all issues where the Summary contains the word "issue" and the word "collector":

  summary ~ "issue collector"

• Find all issues where the Summary contains the exact phrase "full screen" (see Reserved Characters for details on how to escape quote-marks and other special characters):

  summary ~ "\"full screen\""

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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

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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

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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

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WAS

The "WAS" operator is used to find issues that currently have, or previously had, the specified value for the specified field.

• AFTER "date"
• BEFORE "date"
• BY "username"
• DURING ("date1","date2")
• ON "date"

Examples

• Find issues that currently have, or previously had, a status of 'In Progress':

  status WAS "In Progress"

• Find issues that were resolved by Joe Smith before 2nd February:

  status WAS "Resolved" BY jsmith BEFORE "2011/02/02"

• Find issues that were resolved by Joe Smith during 2010:

  status WAS "Resolved" BY jsmith DURING ("2010/01/01","2011/01/01")

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WAS IN

The "WAS IN" operator is used to find issues that currently have, or previously had, any of multiple specified values for the specified field. The values are specified as a comma-delimited list, surrounded by parentheses.

Using "WAS IN" is equivalent to using multiple WAS statements, but is shorter and more convenient. That is, typing status WAS IN ('Resolved', 'Closed') is the same as typing status WAS "Resolved" OR status WAS "Closed".

• AFTER "date"
• BEFORE "date"
• BY "username"
• DURING ("date1","date2")
• ON "date"

Examples

• Find all issues that currently have, or previously had, a status of 'Resolved' or 'In Progress':

  status WAS IN ("Resolved","In Progress")

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WAS NOT IN

The "WAS NOT IN" operator is used to search for issues where the value of the specified field has never been one of multiple specified values.

Using "WAS NOT IN" is equivalent to using multiple WAS_NOT statements, but is shorter and more convenient. That is, typing status WAS NOT IN ("Resolved","In Progress") is the same as typing status WAS NOT "Resolved" AND status WAS NOT "In Progress".

• AFTER "date"
• BEFORE "date"
• BY "username"
• DURING ("date1","date2")
• ON "date"

Examples

• Find issues that have never had a status of 'Resolved' or 'In Progress':

  status WAS NOT IN ("Resolved","In Progress")

• Find issues that did not have a status of 'Resolved' or 'In Progress' before 2nd February:

  status WAS NOT IN ("Resolved","In Progress") BEFORE "2011/02/02"

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WAS NOT

The "WAS NOT" operator is used to find issues that have never had the specified value for the specified field.

• AFTER "date"
• BEFORE "date"
• BY "username"
• DURING ("date1","date2")
• ON "date"

Examples

• Find issues that do not have, and has never had, a status of 'In Progress':

  status WAS NOT "In Progress"

• Find issues that did not have a status of 'In Progress' before 2nd February:

  status WAS NOT "In Progress" BEFORE "2011/02/02"

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CHANGED

The "CHANGED" operator is used to find issues that have a value which had changed for the specified field.

This operator has the following optional predicates:

• AFTER "date"

• BEFORE "date"

• BY "username"

• DURING ("date1","date2")

• ON "date"

• FROM "oldvalue"

• TO "newvalue"

(Note: This operator can be used with the Assignee, Fix Version, Priority, Reporter, Resolution and Status fields only.)

Examples

• Find issues whose assignee had changed:

  assignee CHANGED

• Find issues whose status had changed from 'In Progress' back to 'Open':

  status CHANGED FROM "In Progress" TO "Open"

• Find issues whose priority was changed by user 'freddo' after the start and before the end of the current week.

  priority CHANGED BY freddo BEFORE endOfWeek() AFTER startOfWeek()

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

affectedVersion

Field Type

VERSION

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Find issues that are assigned to John Smith:

  assignee = "John Smith"

  or

  assignee = jsmith

• Find issues that are currently assigned, or were previously assigned, to John Smith:

   assignee WAS "John Smith"

  or

   assignee WAS jsmith

• Find issues that are assigned by the user with email address "[email protected]":

  assignee = "[email protected]"

  (Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.)

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Attachments

Search for issues which have or do not have attachments. You can only use the EMPTY or IS NOT EMPTY operators for this field.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

attachments

Field Type

ATTACHMENT

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

None

Examples

• Search for issues which have attachments

  attachments IS NOT EMPTY

• Search for issues which do not have attachments

  attachments IS EMPTY

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Category

Search for issues that belong to projects in a particular Category.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

category

Field Type

CATEGORY

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find issues that belong to projects in the "Alphabet Projects" Category:

   category = "Alphabet Projects"

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Comment

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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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\""

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

component

Field Type

COMPONENT

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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Created

Search for issues that were created on, before or after a particular date (or date range). Note that if a time-component is not specified, midnight 00:00 will be assumed. Please note that the search results will be relative to your configured time zone (which is by default the JIRA server's time zone).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

created

Alias:

createdDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Find all issues created before midnight 00:00 12th December 2010:

  created < "2010/12/12"

• Find all issues created on or before 12th December 2010 (but not 13th December 2010):

  created <= "2010/12/13"

• Find all issues created on 12th December 2010 before 2:00pm:

  created > "2010/12/12" and created < "2010/12/12 14:00"

• Find issues created less than one day ago:

  created > "-1d"

• Find issues created in January 2011:

  created > "2011/01/01" and created < "2011/02/01"

• Find issues created on 15 January 2011:

  created > "2011/01/15" and created < "2011/01/16"

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Creator

Search for issues that were 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

creator

Field Type

USER

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Search for issues that were created by Jill Jones:

  creator = "Jill Jones"

  or

  creator = jjones

• Search for issues that were created by the user with email address "[email protected]":

  creator = "[email protected]"

  (Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.)

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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).

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, 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:

  =	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

• Picker, select, check-box and radio button fields:

  =	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

• Text fields:

  =	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

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

• Date/time fields:
  When used with the EQUALS, NOT EQUALS, GREATER THAN, GREATER THAN EQUALS, LESS THAN or LESS THAN EQUALS operators, this field supports:

  • currentLogin()
  • lastLogin()
  • now()
  • startOfDay()
  • startOfWeek()
  • startOfMonth()
  • startOfYear()
  • endOfDay()
  • endOfWeek()
  • endOfMonth()
  • endOfYear()
• Version picker fields:
  When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

  • releasedVersions()
  • latestReleasedVersion()
  • unreleasedVersions()
  • earliestUnreleasedVersion()
  • versionMatch()

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

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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\""

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Find all issues due before 31st December 2010:

  due < "2010/12/31"

• Find all issues due on or before 31st December 2010:

  due <= "2011/01/01"

• Find all issues due tomorrow:

  due = "1d"

• Find all issues due in January 2011:

  due >= "2011/01/01" and due <= "2011/01/31"

• Find all issues due on 15 January 2011:

  due = "2011/01/15"

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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\""

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Epic Link

Only available if you are using JIRA Agile 6.1.2 or later.

Search for issues that belong to a particular Epic in JIRA Agile. The search is based on either the epic's Name, 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

"epic link"

Field Type

Epic Link Relationship (this is a custom type created by JIRA Agile).

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

When used with the IN or NOT IN operators, epic link supports:

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

Examples

• Find issues that belong to epic "Jupiter", which has issue key ANERDS-317:

  "epic link" = ANERDS-317

  or

  "epic link" = Jupiter

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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).

Note:

• An Advanced Searching - Fields Reference 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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

fixVersion

Field Type

VERSION

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

• Find issues with a Fix Version of 15.2 or sub-versions

  fixVersion in (versionMatch("15.2.*"))

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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 

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LastViewed

Search for issues that were last viewed on, before or after a particular date (or date range). Note that if a time-component is not specified, midnight 00:00 will be assumed. Please note that the search results will be relative to your configured time zone (which is by default the JIRA server's time zone).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

lastViewed

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Find all issues last viewed before 12th December 2010:

  lastViewed < "2010/12/12"

• Find all issues last viewed on or before 12th December 2010 (but not 13th December 2010):

  lastViewed <= "2010/12/13"

• Find all issues last viewed on 12th December 2010 before 2:00pm:

  lastViewed > "2010/12/12" and created < "2010/12/12 14:00"

• Find issues last viewed less than one day ago:

  lastViewed > "-1d"

• Find issues last viewed in January 2011:

  lastViewed > "2011/01/01" and created < "2011/02/01"

• Find issues last viewed on 15 January 2011:

  lastViewed > "2011/01/15" and created < "2011/01/16"

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

level

Field Type

SECURITY LEVEL

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

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

  parent = TEST-1234

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

priority

Field Type

PRIORITY

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find issues with a Priority of "High":

   priority = High

• Find issues with a Priority ID of 10000:

  priority = 10000

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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). In the rare case where there is a project whose project key is the same as another project's name, then the project key takes preference and hides results from the second project.

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

project

Field Type

PROJECT

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find issues with a Remaining Estimate of more than 4 hours:

   remainingEstimate > 4h 

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Reporter

Search for issues that were reported by a particular user. This may be the same as the creator, but can be distinct.

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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Search for issues that were reported by Jill Jones:

  reporter = "Jill Jones"

  or

  reporter = jjones

• Search for issues that were reported by the user with email address "[email protected]":

  reporter = "[email protected]"

  (Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.)

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

resolution

Field Type

RESOLUTION

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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Resolved

Search for issues that were resolved on, before or after a particular date (or date range). Note that if a time-component is not specified, midnight 00:00 will be assumed. Please note that the search results will be relative to your configured time zone (which is by default the JIRA server's time zone).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

resolved

Alias:

resolutionDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Find all issues that were resolved before 31st December 2010 (but not on 31st December 2010):

  resolved <= "2010/12/31"

• Find all issues that were resolved before 2.00pm on 31st December 2010:

  resolved < "2010/12/31 14:00"

• Find all issues that were resolved on or before 31st December 2010:

  resolved <= "2011/01/01"

• Find issues that were resolved in January 2011:

  resolved > "2011/01/01" and resolved < "2011/02/01"

• Find issues that were resolved on 15 January 2011:

  resolved > "2011/01/15" and resolved < "2011/01/16"

• Find issues that were resolved in the last hour:

  resolved > -1h

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Sprint

Only available if you are using JIRA Agile.

Search for issues that are assigned to a particular sprint in JIRA Agile. This works for active sprints and future sprints. The search is based on either the sprint name or the sprint ID (i.e. the number that JIRA automatically allocates to a sprint).

Syntax

sprint

If you have multiple sprints with similar (or identical) names, you can simply search by using the sprint name — or even just part of it. The possible matches will be shown in the autocomplete drop-down, with the sprint dates shown to help you distinguish between them. (The sprint ID will also be shown, in brackets).

Field Type

Number

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

• openSprints()
• closedSprints()

Examples

• Find issues that belong to sprint 999:

  sprint = 999

• Find issues that belong to sprint "February 1":

  sprint = "February 1"

• Find issues that belong to either "February 1", "February 2" or "February 3":

  sprint in ("February 1","February 2","February 3")

• Find issues that are assigned to a sprint:

  sprint is not empty

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

status

Field Type

STATUS

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find issues with a Status of "Open":

   status = Open

• Find issues with a Status ID of 1:

  status = 1

• Find issues that currently have, or previously had, a Status of "Open":

   status WAS Open

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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\""

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Text

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

Notes:

• The text master-field can only be used with the CONTAINS operator ("~").
• JIRA text-search syntax can be used with these fields.

Syntax

text

Field Type

TEXT

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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\""

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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).

Note: this field supports auto-complete.

Syntax

type

Alias:

issueType

Field Type

ISSUE_TYPE

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find issues where the Time Spent is more than 5 days:

  timeSpent > 5d

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Updated

Search for issues that were last updated on, before or after a particular date (or date range). Note that if a time-component is not specified, midnight 00:00 will be assumed. Please note that the search results will be relative to your configured time zone (which is by default the JIRA server's time zone).

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

updated

Alias:

updatedDate

Field Type

DATE

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

Examples

• Find issues that were last updated before 12th December 2010:

  updated < "2010/12/12"

• Find issues that were last updated on or before 12th December 2010 (but not 13th December 2010):

  updated < "2010/12/13"

• Find all issues that were last updated before 2.00pm on 31st December 2010:

  updated < "2010/12/31 14:00"

• Find issues that were last updated more than two weeks ago:

  updated < "-2w"

• Find issues that were last updated on 15 January 2011:

  updated > "2011/01/15" and updated < "2011/01/16"

• Find issues that were last updated in January 2011:

  updated > "20011/01/01" and updated < "2011/02/01"

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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")

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find all issues that have 12 or more votes:

  votes >= 12

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

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")

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Watchers

Search for issues with a specified number of watchers.

Note: this field does not support auto-complete.

Syntax

watchers

Field Type

NUMBER

Supported Operators

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

• Find all issues that are being watched by more than 3 people:

  watchers > 3

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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

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

Supported Functions

n/a

Examples

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

   workRatio > 75

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