Component field not available in JQL

[Rena Mack]

My plan was to use components to categories a issue in the project, but it is not available in JQL.  Why not?

[Ignacio Pulgar · Accepted solution]

Components are certainly queryable by JQL.

Try the following query:

component is EMPTY

Does it return any results?

Now try:

component is not EMPTY

What about the results of this one? 

[Ignacio Pulgar]

By the way, note that components need to be created in a per project basis before they are available in JQL.

The creation of components in a project requires Administer Projects permission, which is usually granted to users with the Administrators project role (check if that's the case in the project's permission scheme).

[Rena Mack]

You are correct, it is there.  What it was not there when I wrote it.  Honestly.  Category was there.....then whatever.  Since I did not take a picture, I can't provide.

Regardless...thank you very much for replying.  You are right.

Rena