JQL fields

VERSION

Yes

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN 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.

~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

When used with the = and != operators, this field supports:

• latestReleasedVersion()

• earliestUnreleasedVersion()

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• releasedVersions()

• unreleasedVersions()

• Find work items with an AffectedVersion of 3.14:
  affectedVersion = "3.14"
  _{Note that full-stops are reserved characters and need to be surrounded by quote-marks.}

• Find work items with an AffectedVersion of "Big Ted":
  affectedVersion = "Big Ted"

• Find work items with an AffectedVersion ID of 10350:
  affectedVersion = 10350

USER

No

=

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

• approved()

• approver()

• myApproval()

• myPending()

• myPendingApproval()

• pending()

• pendingBy()

• Find requests that require or required approval by John Smith:
  approval = approver(jsmith)

• Find requests that require approval by John Smith:
  approval = pendingBy(jsmith)

• Find requests that require or have required approval by the current user:
  approval = myPending()

• Find all requests that require approval:
  approval = pending()

USER

Yes

= , !=
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.

~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• membersOf()

When used with the EQUALS and NOT EQUALS operators, this field supports:

• currentUser()

• Find work items that are assigned to John Smith:
  assignee = "John Smith"or
  assignee = jsmith

• Find work items that are currently assigned, or were previously assigned, to John Smith:
  assignee WAS jsmith

• Find work items 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 and need to be surrounded by quote-marks.}

ATTACHMENT

Yes

IS, IS NOT

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

None

• Search for work items that have attachments:
  attachments IS NOT EMPTY  

• Search for work items that do not have attachments:
  attachments IS EMPTY 

CATEGORY

Yes

=, !=
IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN

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

None

• Find work items that belong to projects in the "Alphabet Projects" Category:
  category = "Alphabet Projects"

TEXT

Yes

= , !=

IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN

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

None

• Find requests where the gating type is empty:
  change-gating-type is EMPTY

• Find requests where the gating type is tracked-only:
  change-gating-type = "tracked-only"

TEXT

No

~ , !~

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

None

• Find work items where a comment contains the words "My PC is quite old" (a “term search” match):
  comment ~ "My PC is quite old"

• Find work items where a comment contains the exact phrase "My PC is quite old":
  comment ~ "\"My PC is quite old\""

• Find work items where a comment contains both the exact phrase "My PC is quite old" and the exact phrase “My Mac is quite new”:
  comment ~ "\"My PC is quite old\"" AND comment ~ "\"My Mac is quite new\""

COMPONENT

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, component supports:

• componentsLeadByUser()

• Find work items in the "Comp1" or "Comp2" component:
  component in (Comp1, Comp2)

• Find work items in the "Comp1" and"Comp2" components:
  component in (Comp1) and component in (Comp2)
or
component = Comp1 and component = Comp2 

• Find work items in the component with ID 20500:
  component = 20500 

DATE

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <= IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

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()

• Find all work items created before 12th December 2010:
  created < "2010/12/12"

• Find all work items created on or before 12th December 2010:
  created <= "2010/12/13"

• Find all work items created on 12th December 2010 before 2:00pm:
  created > "2010/12/12" and created < "2010/12/12 14:00" 

• Find work items created less than one day ago:
  created > "-1d"

• Find work items created in January 2011:
  created > "2011/01/01" and created < "2011/02/01"

• Find work items created on 15 January 2011:created > "2011/01/15" and created < "2011/01/16"

USER

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• membersOf()

When used with the EQUALS and NOT EQUALS operators, this field supports:

• currentUser()

• Search for work items that were created by Jill Jones:
  creator = "Jill Jones"
or
creator = "jjones"

• Search for work items that were created by the user with email address :
  creator = "bob@mycompany.com"
(Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.) 

Depends on the custom field's configuration

Jira text-search syntax can be used with custom fields of type 'Text'.

Yes, for custom fields of type picker, group picker, select, checkbox and radio button fields

Different types of custom field support different operators.

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

~ , !~
IS , IS NOT

= , != , > , >= , < , <= IN , NOT IN , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

Different types of custom fields support different functions.

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()

• Find work items where the value of the "Location" custom field is "New York":
  location = "New York"

• Find work items where the value of the custom field with ID 10003 is "New York":
  cf[10003] = "New York"

• Find work items where the value of the "Location" custom field is "London" or "Milan" or "Paris":
  cf[10003] in ("London", "Milan", "Paris")

• Find work items where the "Location" custom field has no value:
  location != empty

TEXT

No

~ , !~
IS , IS NOT

= , != , > , >= , < , <= IN , NOT IN, WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find work items where the description contains the words "Please see screenshot" (a "term search" match):
  description ~ "Please see screenshot"

• Find work items where the description contains the exact phrase "Please see screenshot":
  description ~ "\"Please see screenshot\""

• Find work items where the description contains both the exact phrase "Please see screenshot" and the exact phrase “What is needed”:
  description ~ "\"Please see screenshot\"" AND description ~ "\"What is needed\""

DATE

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

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()

• Find all work items due before 31st December 2010:
  due < "2010/12/31"

• Find all work items due on or before 31st December 2010:
  due <= "2011/01/01"

• Find all work items due tomorrow:
  due = "1d"

• Find all work items due in January 2011:
  due >= "2011/01/01" and due <= "2011/01/31"

• Find all work items due on 15 January 2011:
  due = "2011/01/15"

TEXT

No

~ , !~
IS , IS NOT

= , != , > , >= , < , <= IN , NOT IN, WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find work items where the environment contains both the exact phrase "Third floor" and the exact phrase “Fire escape”:
  environment ~ "\"Third floor\"" AND environment ~ "\"Fire escape\""

• Find work items where the environment contains both the exact phrase "Third floor" and the exact phrase “Fire escape”:
  environment ~ "\"Third floor\"" AND environment ~ "\"Fire escape\""

Filter

Yes

= , !=
IN , NOT IN

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

None

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

VERSION

Yes

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
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.

~ , !~

When used with the = and != operators, this field supports:

• latestReleasedVersion()

• earliestUnreleasedVersion()

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• releasedVersions()

• unreleasedVersions()

• Find work items 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 work items with a Fix Version of "Little Ted":
  fixVersion = "Little Ted"

• Find work items with a Fix Version ID of 10001:
  fixVersion = 10001

Number

Yes

~ , !~ , IS, IS NOT, WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

• None

• Find work items at the story level: hierarchyLevel = "0"

• Find work items higher than the subtask level: hierarchyLevel > -1

WORKITEM

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IN, NOT IN

~ , !~
IS, IS NOT, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED 

When used with the IN or NOT IN operators, workItemKey supports:

• workItemHistory()

• linkedworkItems()

• votedworkItems()

• watchedworkItems()

• Find the work item with key "ABC-123":
  workItemKey = ABC-123

workItemLink, workItemLink["link type"], or workItemLinkType, where link type or LinkType is a variable you replace with the work item link type (blocks, duplicates, or is blocked by, for example).

Yes

= , !=

IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=

WAS , WAS IN , WAS NOT , WAS NOT IN , CHANGED , IS , IS NOT

None

Find work items:

• with a link of any type to the work item ABC-123: workItemLink = ABC-123

• with linked work items but not linked to a specific work item: workItemLink != ABC-123

• linked to at least one of a list of work items: workItemLink in (ABC-123, ABC-456)

• with linked work items but not linked to any of the work items you specify: workItemLink not in (ABC-123, ABC-456)

• that block the work item ABC-123 (link type is "blocks"): WorkItemBlocks = ABC-123 or workItemLink["blocks"] = ABC-123

• that are blocked by the work item ABC-123 (link type is "is blocked by"): workItemIsBlockedBy = ABC-123 or workItemLink["is blocked by"] = ABC-123

Yes

= , !=
IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=

WAS , WAS IN , WAS NOT , WAS NOT IN , CHANGED , IS , IS NOT

None

Find work items:

• with a link type of "causes": workItemLinkType = causes

• with a link type of "duplicates" or "clones": workItemLinkType in (duplicates,clones)

• with link types other than “clones”: workItemLinkType != clones

• that are blocked by other work items, or that don't have any blockers:

  • workItemLinkType = "is blocked by"

  • workItemLinkType != "is blocked by"

LABEL

Yes

= , !=, IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN

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

None

• Find work items with an existing label:
  labels = "x"

• Find work items without a specified label, including work items without a label:
  labels not in ("x") or labels is EMPTY

DATE

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED 

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()

• Find all work items last viewed before 12th December 2010:
  lastViewed < "2010/12/12"

• Find all work items last viewed on or before 12th December 2010:
  lastViewed <= "2010/12/13"

• Find all work items last viewed on 12th December 2010 before 2:00pm:
  lastViewed > "2010/12/12" and created < "2010/12/12 14:00"

• Find work items last viewed less than one day ago:
  lastViewed > "-1d"

• Find work items last viewed in January 2011:
  lastViewed > "2011/01/01" and created < "2011/02/01"

• Find work items last viewed on 15 January 2011:
  lastViewed > "2011/01/15" and created < "2011/01/16"

SECURITY LEVEL

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

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

None

• Search for work items with a security level of "Really High" or "level1":
  level in ("Really High", level1)

• Search for work items with a security level ID of 123:
  level = 123

USER

Yes

= , !=
IN, NOT IN

Search for all requests shared with the organization Atlassian:

DURATION

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED 

None

• Find work items with an original estimate of 1 hour:
  originalEstimate = 1h

• Find work items with an original estimate of more than 2 days:
  originalEstimate > 2d

WORKITEM

No

= , !=
IN , NOT IN

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

None

• Find child work items of work item TEST-1234:
  parent = TEST-1234

PROJECT

No

=, !=, IN, NOT IN

~, !~

WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, project supports:

• projectsLeadByUser()

• projectsWhereUserHasPermission()

• projectsWhereUserHasRole()

• Find work items where the parent project is ABC:
  parentProject = "ABC"

• Find work items where the parent project ID is 12345:
  parentProject = 12345

PRIORITY

Yes

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

~ , !~

None

• Find work items with a priority of "High":
  priority = High

• Find work items with a priority ID of 10000:
  priority = 10000

PROJECT

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

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

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, project supports:

• projectsLeadByUser()

• projectsWhereUserHasPermission()

• projectsWhereUserHasRole()

• Find work items that belong to the Project that has the name "ABC Project":
  project = "ABC Project"

• Find work items that belong to the project that has the key "ABC":
  project = "ABC"

• Find work items that belong to the project that has the ID "1234":
  project = 1234

projectType

Yes

=, !=

IN, NOT IN

>, >=, <, <=, ~, !~

IS, IS NOT, WAS, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

None

Find all work items in a software project:

projectType = ”software”

Find all work items in either a software project or a service project:

projectType = ”software” OR projectType = ”service_desk”

Find all work items that aren’t in a software project:

projectType != ”software”

DURATION

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED 

None

• Find work items with a remaining estimate of more than 4 hours:
  remainingEstimate > 4h

USER

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• membersOf()

When used with the EQUALS and NOT EQUALS operators, this field supports:

• currentUser()

• Search for work items that were reported by Jill Jones:
  reporter = "Jill Jones"orreporter = jjones

• Search for work items that were reported by the user with email address bob@mycompany.com:
  
  

  • reporter = "bob@mycompany.com"
    _{(Note that full-stops and "@" symbols are reserved characters, so the email address needs to be surrounded by quote-marks.)}

TEXT

Yes

= , !=

IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN

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

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• email: requests sent by email

• jira: work items created in Jira (by clicking the blue Create button)

• portal: requests sent from a service project portal

• anonymous portal: requests sent from the customer portal by a customer who was not logged in

• api: requests sent by REST API

• Find requests where the request channel was email:
  request-channel-type = email

• Find requests where the request channel was something other than a service project portal:
  request-channel-type != portal

• Find requests where the request channel was sent by a CI/CD deployment tool:
  request-channel-type = deployment

DATE

Yes

= , != , > , >= , < , <=

IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN

~ , !~WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

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()

• Find all work items last acted on before 23rd May 2016:
  request-last-activity-time < "2016/05/23"

  • Find all work items last acted on or before 23rd May 2016:
    request-last-activity-time <= "2016/05/23"

  • Find all work items created on 23rd May 2016 and last acted on before 2:00pm that day:
    created > "2016/05/23" AND request-last-activity-time < "2016/05/23 14:00" 

  • Find work items last acted on less than one day ago:
    request-last-activity-time > "-1d"

  • Find work items last acted on in January 2016:
    request-last-activity-time > "2016/01/01" and request-last-activity-time < "2016/02/01"

Custom field

Yes

IN , NOT IN

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

Note that the Lucene value for Request Type, is portal-key/request-type-key. While the portal key cannot be changed after a service project portal is created, the project key can be changed. The Request Type key cannot be changed once the Request Type is created.

None

• Find work items where Request Type is Request a new account in projects that the user has access to:
  "Request Type" = "Request a new account"

• Find work items where the Request Type is Request a new account in SimpleDesk project, where the right operand is a selected Lucene value from the auto-complete suggestion list.
  "Request Type" = "sd/system-access"

• Find work items where Request Type is either Request a new account or Get IT Help.
  "Request Type" IN ("Request a new account", "Get IT Help")

RESOLUTION

Yes

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

~ , !~

None

• Find work items with a resolution of "Can't Reproduce" or "Won't Fix":
  resolution in ("Can't Reproduce", "Won't Fix")

• Find work items with a resolution ID of 5:
  resolution = 5

• Find work items that don’t have a resolution:
  resolution = unresolved

DATE

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

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()

• Find all work items that were resolved before 31st December 2010:
  resolved < "2010/12/31"

• Find all work items that were resolved before 2.00pm on 31st December 2010:
  resolved < "2010/12/31 14:00"

• Find all work items that were resolved on or before 31st December 2010:
  resolved <= "2011/01/01"

• Find work items that were resolved in January 2011:
  resolved > "2011/01/01" and resolved < "2011/02/01"

• Find work items that were resolved on 15 January 2011:
  resolved > "2011/01/15" and resolved < "2011/01/16"

• Find work items that were resolved in the last hour:
  resolved > -1h

Time to first response

<your custom SLA name>

SLA

No

= , !=, > , >= , < , <=

~ , !~
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

• breached()

• completed()

• elapsed()

• everBreached()

• paused()

• remaining()

• running()

• withinCalendarHours()

• Find work items where Time to First Response was breached:
  "Time to First Response" = everBreached()

• Find work items where the SLA for Time to Resolution is paused due to a condition:
  "Time to Resolution" = paused()

• Find work items where the SLA for Time to Resolution is paused due to the SLA calendar:
  "Time to Resolution" = withinCalendarHours()

• Find work items that have been waiting for a response for more than 1 hour:
  "Time to First Response" > elapsed("1h")

• Find work items that that will breach Time to First Response in the next two hours:
  "Time to First Response" < remaining("2h")

NUMBER

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN

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

• openSprints()

• closedSprints()

• Find work items that belong to sprint 999:
  sprint = 999

• Find work items that belong to sprint "February 1":
  sprint = "February 1"

• Find work items that belong to either "February 1", "February 2" or "February 3":
  sprint in ("February 1","February 2","February 3")

• Find work items that are assigned to a sprint:
  sprint is not empty

STATUS

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT, IN , NOT IN , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=

None

• Find work items with a status of "Open":
  status = Open

• Find work items with a status ID of 1:
  status = 1

• Find work items that currently have, or previously had, a status of "Open":
  status WAS Open

TEXT

No

~ , !~
IS , IS NOT

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IN , NOT IN , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find work items where the summary contains the words "Error saving file" (a “term search” match):
  summary ~ "Error saving file"

• Find work items where the summary contains the exact phrase "Error saving file":
  summary ~  "\"Error saving file\""

• Find work items where the summary contains both the exact phrase "Error saving file" and the exact phrase “Create new version”:
  summary ~ "\"Error saving file\"" AND summary ~ "\"Create new version\""

TEXT

No

~

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

None

• Find work items where a text field contains the word "Fred":
  text ~ "Fred" or text ~ Fred

• Find all work items where a text field contains the words "full screen":
  text ~ "full screen"

• Find all work items where a text field contains the exact phrase "full screen":
  text ~ "\"full screen\""

• Find all work items where text fields contain the exact phrase "full screen" and the exact phrase “minimize screen”:
  text ~ "\"full screen\"" AND text ~ "\"minimize screen\""

TEXT

No

~

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

None

• Find work items where a text field contains the word "Fred":
  textfields ~ "Fred" or textfields ~ Fred

• Find all work items where a text field contains the words "full screen":
  textfields ~ "full screen"

• Find all work items where a text field contains the exact phrase "full screen":
  textfields ~ "\"full screen\""

• Find all work items where text fields contain the exact phrase "full screen" and the exact phrase “minimize screen”:
  textfields ~ "\"full screen\"" AND textfields ~ "\"minimize screen\""

DURATION

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ 
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find work items where the time spent is more than 5 days:
  timeSpent > 5d

WORK_TYPE

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

None

• Find work items with a work type of "Bug":
  type = Bug

• Find work items with a work type of "Bug" or "Improvement":
  workType in (Bug,Improvement)

• Find work items with a work type ID of 2:
  workType = 2

DATE

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ 
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

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()

• Find work items that were last updated before 12th December 2010:
  updated < "2010/12/12"

• Find work items that were last updated on or before 12th December 2010:
  updated < "2010/12/13"

• Find all work items that were last updated before 2.00pm on 31st December 2010:
  updated < "2010/12/31 14:00"

• Find work items that were last updated more than two weeks ago:
  updated < "-2w"

• Find work items that were last updated on 15 January 2011:
  updated > "2011/01/15" and updated < "2011/01/16"

• Find work items that were last updated in January 2011:
  updated > "2011/01/01" and updated < "2011/02/01"

USER

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• membersOf()

When used with the EQUALS and NOT EQUALS operators, this field supports:

• currentUser()

• Search for work items that you have voted for:
  voter = currentUser()

• Search for work items that the user "jsmith" has voted for:
  voter = "jsmith"

• Search for work items for which a member of the group "jira-administrators" has voted:
  voter in membersOf("jira-administrators")

NUMBER

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ 
IS , IS NOT , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find all work items that have 12 or more votes:
  votes >= 12

USER

Yes

= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

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

When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:

• membersOf()

When used with the EQUALS and NOT EQUALS operators, this field supports:

• currentUser()

• Search for work items that you are watching:
  watcher = currentUser()

• Search for work items that the user "jsmith" is watching:
  watcher = "jsmith"

• Search for work items that are being watched by a member of the group "jira-administrators":
  watcher in membersOf("jira-administrators")

NUMBER

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ 
IS , IS NOT , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find all work items that are being watched by more than 3 people:
  watchers > 3

TEXT

No

~

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

None

• Find work items where a worklog comment contains the word "Fred":
  worklogComment ~ "Fred"

• Find all work items where a worklog comment contains the words "full screen":
  worklogComment ~ "full screen"

• Find all work items where a worklog comment contains the exact phrase "full screen":
  worklogComment ~ "\"full screen\""

• Find all work items where a worklog comment contains both the exact phrase "full screen" and the exact phrase “minimize screen”:
  worklogComment ~ "\"full screen\"" AND worklogComment ~ "\"minimize screen\""

DATE

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ 
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

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()

• Find work items where someone logged work on 12th December 2010:
  worklogDate = "2010/12/12"

• Find the work items where someone has logged work in the past week:
  worklogDate > startOfWeek()

NUMBER

No

= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN

~ , !~ 
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN , CHANGED

None

• Find work items on which more than 75% of the original estimate has been spent:
  workRatio > 75