I'm trying to search Jira issues, and can't figure out how to search for a string

[John DiNatale]

Example of a summary string:

"RPD Build Request for "release/comcast_rs57_cd" Branch - CER_NODE_V01.01.00.0237.01"

Example of a description string

"Previous Build: CER_NODE_V01.01.00.0237"

This is my search, that does not return anything:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "V01.01.00.0237"

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @John DiNatale -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

For JQL wildcard searches, use an asterisk to find matching text in whole "words"...and...that wildcard cannot occur at the start of the search string.

For your example, this could not work:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "*V01.01.00.0237"

But if you knew the prefix was consistent you can start with that.  For example:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "CER*V01.01.00.0237.01"

And if you knew there were multiple possible prefixes, try searching for each one like this:

project = RPD AND ( summary ~ "CER*V01.01.00.0237.01" OR summary ~ "ABC*V01.01.00.0237.01" )

Kind regards,
Bill

[John DiNatale]

Hi Mark, thanks for your response.

I'm using this version:

License Information for Jira

Jira v8.4.1

I can't get the wild card to work at all?

[John DiNatale]

Thanks for you response.

 What I’m finding, is the only search that finds it, is the exact string

 project = RPD AND summary ~ "CER_NODE_V01.01.00.0237.01"

Wild card capture does not find anything:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "CER_NODE_V01.01.00.0*"

project = RPD AND summary ~ "CER*_V01.01.00.0237.01"

No issues were found to match your search

Try modifying your search criteria or creating a new issue.

[Mark Segall]

I simulated your summary and the answer provided by @Bill Sheboy worked for me

Summary ~ "CER*V01.01.00.0237"