How to find the Request Type associated to a Jira issue using SQL query

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Summary

To identify the Request Type of a specific issue using SQL query.

Solution

  1. Note the project key, issue ID and the ID of 'Customer Request Type' custom field. To retrieve those info refer to the following KBs:

    1. How to get issue id from the Jira User Interface

    2. How to find id for custom field(s)?

  2. Run the following query in the database:

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SELECT "NAME" FROM "AO_54307E_VIEWPORTFORM" WHERE "KEY" LIKE ( SELECT TRIM('<lowercase_pkey>/' FROM stringvalue) FROM customfieldvalue WHERE customfield = <cf_ID> AND issue = <issue_ID>);

    ℹ️Replace <lowercase_pkey> , <cf_ID>, and <issue_ID> respectively

    For example:

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SELECT "NAME" FROM "AO_54307E_VIEWPORTFORM" WHERE "KEY" LIKE ( SELECT TRIM('itsm/' FROM stringvalue) FROM customfieldvalue WHERE customfield = 10115 AND issue = 10041);

    ⚠️ This query is tested on PostgreSQL. If you have a different database, please adapt the syntax accordingly.

  3. Below query can also be used to get all Projects and their associated Request Types along with the requesttypekey

1 SELECT p.pname, r."NAME" as request_type_name , (po."KEY" || '/' || r."KEY") AS request_type_key 
FROM "AO_54307E_VIEWPORT" po, "AO_54307E_VIEWPORTFORM" r, project p 
WHERE po."ID"=r."VIEWPORT_ID" AND po."PROJECT_ID"=p.id
Updated on April 8, 2025

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