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JIRA Searching & 


Filters Course

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 Objectives
•  By the end of this course, you should be able to!
•  Learn how to find your issues in JIRA!
•  Use the Basic and Advanced search options!
•  Use both List and Detail view to see search results!
•  Create and save Filters!
•  Edit and resave Filters!
•  Share Filters!

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Navigation

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 Basic Search

•  Drop down menus!

•  Select the items you want!
•  Additional search items under
“More”!
•  Toggle to Advanced mode!

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 Advanced Search

•  Use JIRA Query Language (JQL) to search!

•  Good for complex searches that Basic mode
can’t provide (numerous projects, excluding
items, etc)!
•  Auto-populates if proper format is used!
•  Toggle to Basic mode!

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 JQL In Use
•  You don’t need to be a developer to use JQL!!
•  You will need to know what you’re searching for!
–  Any Field: Project, Assignee, Reporter, Story ID, Sprint #, etc!
–  Any combination of the above!
–  Specific names of each Field you want to search!
•  Format: [Field][Operator][Value]!
–  Fields: almost any JIRA Agile Field!
–  Operators: the action you want to take!
–  Values: the specific value you are searching for!
•  Automatically notes if your entry is valid/recognized or
not!
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 JQL Examples
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[project][=][“Teams in Space”]

[Field][Operator][Value]
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project=“Teams in Space” and fixVersion=“2.0”

[Field][Operator][Value] [Field][Operator][Value]

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 Common JQL Fields, Operators, & Values
Searching for Field Basic Values
Operators
Types of Issues IssueType =, !=, and Story, Epic, Defect

Issue State Status =, !=, and Backlog, In Progress,

Done
Project Project =, !=, and Name of Project
Epic EpicLink =, !=, and Name of Epic
Release/ FixVersion =, !=, and Version name
Version
Component Component =, !=, and Name of Component

Sprint Sprint =, !=, and Sprint name

Owner Assignee =, !=, and Assignee name

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 Detail View

Detail View provides a detailed view of an Issue

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 List View

List View provides a list view of Issues

User definable columns in List View

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 List View Columns

Column Name What it shows Column Name What it shows

T (Type) Issue Type Key Issue ID
Summary Issue Summary Assignee Issue Owner
Reporter Issue Creator P (Priority) Issue Priority
Status Issue State Resolution Issue Resolve State
Created Issue Created Date Updated Issue Update Date
Fix Version Issue Version Component Issue Component
Epic Link Issue Epic Story Point Issue Estimate

Almost any Field!

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 Saving Filters

Saved search queries are called Filters

Use a descriptive name for your Filters

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 Favorite Filters

Save Filters as a Favorite

for easy access

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 Sharing Filters (Permissions)

Share your Filters with others

(or keep them private)

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 Editing Filters

Make a change to your query

then click search

Save as a new Filter and

provide the name

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 Viewing Saved Filters

See  your  Filters  or  find  others  

Edit and delete Filters from this screen

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Managing Filters

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Managing Filters – Search Sidebar

From the Search sidebar, easily

manage your favorite filters

•  Rename
•  Copy
•  Remove from Favorites
•  Delete

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 Summary: Searching and Filters
•  Basic search uses dropdown menus to define the
search criteria!
•  Advanced search uses JIRA Query Language (JQL)
to define the search criteria!
•  Detail View provides a detail view of an Issue from
your search!
•  List View provides a list view of search results!
•  Save, edit, and delete your Filters!

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 Demo
•  Basic and Advanced search!
•  Viewing results in Detail or List view!
•  Advanced search uses JIRA Query Language (JQL)
to define the search criteria!
•  Save, edit, share, and delete your Filters!

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 Online Resources
Resource Location
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+User's
JIRA User’s Guide!
+Guide
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Searching+for
JIRA Searching Guide!
+Issues

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Thank you!

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