How to search for text in all our jira-tickets?

[fredand44]

Is it possible to search for a text for eg "I think this is a bug" among all jira-tickets?

If yes, how do you do that?

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Hi @fredand44 

In Advanced Search (JQL), try:

text ~ "I think this is a bug"

"text" searches in all text fields.

HTH,
KGM

[fredand44]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

I actually does not get any hits when I am using the Advanced search either when the text in a comment is in italic.

If you guys have the time to try it out, does it work for you?

Best regards

Fredrik

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Hi @fredand44 

If I do paste for example this string in italics:

text ~ "sometext"

in the grey search box, I do get this string, which does not work:

text ~ "text ~ \"sometext\""

yes, that is correct. But if I paste:

text ~ "sometext"

into "Current Search" under "Issue" menu (and have Advance instead of Basic chosen), then it works just fine, at least for me on Jira Software on Server 8.20.1.

HTH,
KGM

[Vishwas]

hey @fredand44 

Which text field are you trying to search via JQL ?

Regards,

Vishwas

[fredand44]

Hello Vishwas,

I was actually hope it was possible to search in:

Description

Comments

But it seems like if the text you search for is in italic, at least n the a comment, then the basic search field miss those occurences.

Best regards

Fredrik

[Vishwas]

Hi @fredand44 

We can search like this:

for summary JQL is

Summary ~ "I think this is a bug"

and like text ~ "I think this is a bug" searches for all text across instance.

Regards,

Vishwas

[fredand44]

Its seems like the search does not work if the text you search for is in italic.

Strange!

[fredand44]

It seems like this is acctually doable from the search-field.

Best regards

Fredrik

[fredand44]

...but not if the text you are searching for is in italic. Very strange!