Can you search for projects other than their name and or key?

[Dillon Weyer]

I have around 20 or so projects that I want to include in a JQL query. Now rather than add each project name or key, is there an option to use some other project value e.g. project category? So rather than have "project in (ABC,EFG, ETC)" you could do something like project_category = specific_category_name"

[Dave Mathijs · Accepted solution]

Hi @Dillon Weyer 

Yes, if you group projects into one or more project categories, you can also search for project category in JQL:

category in (projectcategory1, projectcategory2)

[Dillon Weyer]

awesome, thanks so much @Dave Mathijs 

[Fazila Ashraf]

Hi @Dillon Weyer 

Yes, it is already feasible. See https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/advanced-search-reference-jql-fields/#Category 

[Dillon Weyer]

Thanks very much