Find the Total Number of Work Items in Jira Cloud Using JQL or Issue Search
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian apps on the cloud platform.
Summary
Learn how to find the total count of Jira issues when your search exceeds 1000 results using JQL or issue search methods.
Solution
Get returned issue totals in Jira user interface
After performing an issue search, the bottom of the search results will indicate there are 1000+ issues returned.
The 1000+ text is a link that can be selected to quickly calculate the total number of matched issues. Simply click or select the link in your browser to run the calculation, and the 1000+ text will be replaced with the total.
Get returned issue totals via REST API
Previous methods to retrieve JQL search result totals were accomplished using the endpoint /rest/api/3/search. This endpoint has been deprecated, and the replacement endpoint /rest/api/3/search/jql does not include a "total" parameter.
Instead, please refer to the below instructions to send a POST request to the /rest/api/3/search/approximate-count endpoint.
We can use the REST API endpoint /rest/api/3/search/approximate-count to retrieve a count of results from JQL. This endpoint requires a POST request, and expects the JQL search result to appear as data within the body. An example request to this endpoint using cURL might look like the following:
curl --request POST \
--url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search/approximate-count' \
--user 'email@example.com:<api_token>' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"jql": "<insert your full JQL query here>"
}'For full details, please refer to our API endpoint documentation.
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