Search for work items in a project
You can view a list of the work items in your project, and filter them to find what you need. When you search for work items in a project, you can use the text search and field filters to quickly find a work item or a set of work items in your project.
To check whether you’re in a team-managed or company-managed project, select More actions (•••) next to the project name in the header. Or, next to your project's name in the sidebar, select More actions (•••), then at the bottom of that menu that opens, you’ll be able to view whether your project is team-managed or company-managed.
More about the difference between company-managed and team-managed projects.
Search for work items in a company-managed project
Quickly find a work item or set of work items in a company-managed project. You can also use preset filters, like my open work items, or use preset and field filters together for a more specific search.
Preset filters are currently only available in company-managed projects.
You could search for all work items in your company-managed project that:
are bugs
are assigned to Jane
were reported by Fred
are in the
in progressstatushave “pizza” in a text field
Use the keyboard shortcuts, J (next work item) and K (previous work item), to navigate quickly between work items. Press ? on your keyboard from anywhere in Jira to learn more time-saving keyboard shortcuts.
Find work items in a company-managed project
To find work items in a company-managed project:
From your project navigation, select the All work view.
Select a pre-set filter in the sidebar, set the field filters, or both.
Order and sort the work items using the options at the top of the list.
Select a work item to view or edit it.
Select Clear filters to clear your search criteria.
You can switch from detail view to list view to skim through your search results easily. Select List view to get your search results in the form of a table or spreadsheet. You can log work, update the status, attach files, comment, move, clone, delete and perform other actions on individual work items, without opening them, from this view.
Search for work items in a team-managed project
In a team-managed project, you could search for all work items that:
are bugs
are assigned to Jane
were reported by Fred
are in the
in progressstatushave “pizza” in a text field
More about searching in Jira Cloud.
Enable All work view in project navigation
The All work view in project navigation lets you view a list of the work items in your project, and filter them to find what you need. You can search for one or more work items using the text search field and built-in filters.
To enable the All work view for your team-managed or company-managed project:
Select Add to navigation (+).
Select All work, then Add to navigation. The All work view should then appear in your project navigation.
Find work items in a team-managed project
To find work items in your project:
Select All work from your project navigation.
Use the text search field or the filter fields to define your search criteria.
Order and sort the work items using the options at the top of the list of work items.
Select a work item to view or edit it.
Select Clear filters to clear your search criteria.
To broaden your search to more projects, select the Filters from the sidebar, then select Search work items.
If you're searching against a field, you can select Show full list to view the list of available options against your search criteria. If your list is too long, you can start typing to get to your option faster.
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