What is JQL?

[Simranjit Singh]

What is JQL?

[Hamza Chundrigar]

Hi @Simranjit Singh 

Welcome to the community. 

JQL stands for Jira Query Language. It is a query language provided by Jira that allows users to search and filter issues in a Jira instance. In other words, you can use JQL to search for issues based on various fields and criteria, such as the summary, description, status, assignee, and more.

I recommend reading this Atlassian knowledge article for more details:

• https://www.atlassian.com/blog/jira-software/jql-the-most-flexible-way-to-search-jira-14
• https://support.atlassian.com/jira-service-management-cloud/docs/use-advanced-search-with-jira-query-language-jql/

[Mikael Sandberg]

Hi @Simranjit Singh,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

JQL is short for Jira Query Language and is used to filter out issues either within a single project or multiple projects. Have a look at this free lesson about JQL.