Unique number for components

[Dan Billingham]

Hi All,

Not sure if this is even a thing but I am convinced I have seen it somewhere before. Am I right in thinking that when a component is created that it is given a unique reference that you can also search with? That way if you change the component name the JQL still works?

E.G. The component is "Project A" which has a unique reference of "001". So your JQL could be "component = 001" and if you change the component name to "Project B" the JQL would still work.

Hopefully this makes sense, any issues let me know.

[Fabian Lim]

Hi @Dan Billingham

Here is a thread to your answer: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-find-component-ID/qaq-p/1756391

Cheers

[Dan Billingham]

Thanks Fabian, I will be honest I am not sure I understand the answers on there though and it looks as though the process for finding the ID is not worth it.

[Drew McDonald]

Sorry to necro an old question - But in case anyone finds this from Google and is looking for the answer. 

One potential way to find the component ID easily is in the Projects > Components tab, you can use Chrome's inspect element tool on the list. Each table row (<tr>) has the component id stored as the data-component-id attribute.

[Dan Billingham]

Thanks Drew, any chance there is an inspect element on Edge as my company does not use Chrome...

[Drew McDonald]

Hi Dan, Yep! Right click > Inspect. 

If you right click on the link to the component name, the inspect window will open on <a href="....", if you go up two levels (div line, and then td line) there's a <tr data-component-id="...." which should have the component ID