Is it possible to always show a particular search criteria when using issue search?

[Avery Krouse]

When we are using the issue search, we generally always are going to filter our search by one of our custom fields (Client Name) in addition to the Project / Type / Status / Assignee. Is there any way to force this field to always show as a search option without having to go to the More menu first?

[Jack Brickey]

One thing you might try is using the advanced search and JQL. I find JQL quicker than selecting from drop downs. Further you could get creative by adding a ‘sub-filter’ into a filter. JQL allows you to include another filter into you search, e.g. project = abc and filter in (“my custom fields”). In this example you could create a filter that is a common JQL that you typically always add to you searches.

example, let’s say you have 3 custom fields that are binary (true or false) and you typically add the following to your searches - “and custom1 = true and custom2 = true and custom3 = false”. You could save that snippet as its own filter and the add it in using the filter in as mentioned previously.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Avery Krouse   Welcome to the community!

Have you tried marking your search as a favorite (starred)?  Then you can just expand the sidebar and quickly select one of your favorite/recent searches.

Best regards,

Bill

[Avery Krouse]

Hey Bill!

Unfortunately, it's more of a situation where 99% of the time, no matter what we're searching for (using saved filters, doing a raw search out of the toolbar, etc), we're also going to be adding in the client name to filter the tickets to just those clients. I probably do 30+ searches a day not on a specific saved favorite.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi Avery,

Thanks for clarifying.  I do not believe you can do that with out-of-the-box JIRA. 

What I do is save my partial search snippets in my favorite editor, or as favorites, so I can quickly start where I want.  The editor way does require a copy/paste but it saves me recreating the syntax for complicated searches.

Best regards,

Bill