This page describes information about fields that are used for advanced searching. A field in JQL is a word that represents a Jira field (or a custom field that has already been defined in your Jira applications). In a clause, a field is followed by an operator, which in turn is followed by one or more values (or functions). The operator compares the value of the field with one or more values or functions on the right, such that only true results are retrieved by the clause. Note: it is not possible to compare two fields in JQL.

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, it is better to search by version ID than by version name. Different projects may have versions with the same name. It is also possible for your Jira administrator to change the name of a version, which could break any saved filters that rely on that name. Version IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Syntax
affectedVersion
Field Type VERSION
Auto-complete Yes
Supported operators = , != , > , >= , < , <=
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.
Unsupported operators ~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported functions

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()
Examples
  • Find issues 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 issues with an AffectedVersion of "Big Ted":
    affectedVersion = "Big Ted"
  • Find issues with an AffectedVersion ID of 10350:
    affectedVersion = 10350

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Approvals

Used in Jira Service Management only.

Search for requests that have been approved or require approval. This can be further refined by user.

Syntax
approvals
Field Type USER
Auto-complete

No

Supported operators

=

Unsupported operators

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

Supported functions
  • approved()
  • approver()
  • myApproval()
  • myPending()
  • myPendingApproval()
  • pending()
  • pendingBy()
Examples
  • 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()

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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.

Syntax
assignee
Field Type USER
Auto-complete

Yes

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.

Unsupported operators ~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=
Supported functions 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()
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 jsmith

  • Find issues 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.

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Attachments

Search for issues that have or do not have attachments. 

Syntax
attachments
Field Type ATTACHMENT
Auto-complete Yes
Supported operators IS, IS NOT
Unsupported operators =, != , ~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <= IN, NOT IN, WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported functions None
Examples
  • Search for issues that have attachments:
    attachments IS NOT EMPTY  

  • Search for issues that do not have attachments:
    attachments IS EMPTY 

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Category

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

Syntax
category
Field Type CATEGORY
Auto-complete Yes
Supported operators =, !=
IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN
Unsupported operators ~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <= WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported functions None
Examples
  • Find issues that belong to projects in the "Alphabet Projects" Category:
    category = "Alphabet Projects"

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Change gating type

Used in Jira Service Management only.

Search for types of change gating that are used in change requests. "Tracked-only" requests are produced by integrations that stand separately from a change management process. These tools don't respect approval or change gating strategies. Change requests that are "tracked-only" are just for record-keeping purposes.

Syntax
change-gating-type
Field Type TEXT
Auto-complete

Yes

Supported operators

= , !=

IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN

Unsupported operators  ~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <= 
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported functions

None

Examples

  • 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"

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Comment

Search for issues that have a comment that contains particular text. Jira text-search syntax can be used.

Syntax
comment
Field Type TEXT
Auto-complete

No

Supported operators

~ , !~

Unsupported operators = , != , > , >= , < , <=
IS, IS NOT, IN, NOT IN,
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported functions None
Examples
  • Find issues where a comment contains the words "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, it is safer to search by component ID than by component name. Different projects may have components with the same name, so searching by component name may return issues from multiple projects. It is also possible for your Jira administrator to change the name of a component, which could break any saved filters that rely on that name. Component IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Syntax
component
Field Type COMPONENT
Auto-complete

Yes

Supported operators

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

Unsupported operators ~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=
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 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).

Use one of the following formats:

"yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm"
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
"yyyy/MM/dd"
"yyyy-MM-dd"

Or use "w" (weeks), "d" (days), "h" (hours) or "m" (minutes) to specify a date relative to the current time. The default is "m" (minutes). Be sure to use quote-marks ("); if you omit the quote-marks, the number you supply will be interpreted as milliseconds after epoch (1970-1-1).

Syntax
created
Alias
createdDate
Field Type DATE
Auto-complete

No

Supported operators

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

Unsupported operators ~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported 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()
Examples
  • Find all issues created before 12th December 2010:
    created < "2010/12/12"
  • Find all issues created on or before 12th 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 that an issue's creator does not change, so you cannot search for past creators (e.g. WAS). See Reporter for more options. 

Syntax
creator
Field Type USER
Auto-complete

Yes

Supported operators

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

Unsupported operators ~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=
CHANGED, WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN
Supported functions

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()
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 "bob@mycompany.com":
    creator = "bob@mycompany.com"
    (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, it is safer to search by custom field ID than by custom field name. It is possible for a custom field to have the same name as a built-in Jira system field; in which case, Jira will search for the system field (not your custom field). It is also possible for your Jira administrator to change the name of a custom field, which could break any saved filters that rely on that name. Custom field IDs, however, are unique and cannot be changed.

Syntax
CustomFieldName
Alias
cf[CustomFieldID]
Field Type Depends on the custom field's configuration

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

Auto-complete

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

Supported operators

Different types of custom field support different operators.

Supported operators:
number and date fields 

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

Unsupported operators:
number and date fields
~ , !~
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported operators:
picker, select, checkbox
and radio button fields
= , !=
IS , IS NOT , IN , NOT IN
Unsupported operators:
picker, select, checkbox
and radio button fields
~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported operators:
text fields 
~ , !~
IS , IS NOT
Unsupported operators:
text fields 
= , != , > , >= , < , <=
IN , NOT IN , WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED
Supported operators:
URL fields 

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

Unsupported operators:
URL fields
~ , !~ , > , >= , < , <=
WAS, WAS IN, WAS NOT, WAS NOT IN, CHANGED

Supported functions

Different types of custom fields support different functions.

Supported functions:
date/time fields 

When used with the EQUALSNOT EQUALSGREATER THANGREATER THAN EQUALS
LESS THAN or LESS THAN EQUALS operators, this field supports:

  • currentLogin()
  • lastLogin()
  • now()
  • startOfDay()
  • startOfWeek()
  • startOfMonth()
  • startOfYear()
  • endOfDay()
  • endOfWeek()
  • endOfMonth()
  • endOfYear()
Supported functions:
version picker fields 
 Version picker fields: When used with the IN and NOT IN operators, this field supports:
  • releasedVersions()
  • latestReleasedVersion()
  • unreleasedVersions()
  • earliestUnreleasedVersion()
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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Customer Request Type

Used in Jira Service Management only.

Search for requests of a certain request type. You can search by request type name or request type description as configured in the Request Type configuration screen. 

Syntax
"Customer Request Type"
Field Type Custom field
Auto-complete

Yes

Supported operators
= , !=

IN , NOT IN

Unsupported operators

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