How can I count comments left in Jira?

[Christopher Diaz]

I need to know how many comments I left in Jira for the year 2024. Any suggestions?

[pawarsachin84]

Hello @Christopher Diaz ,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! 😊

Thank you for your question.

Currently there is no direct built-in Jira feature that provides a simple count of all comments made by a specific user within a particular timeframe.

Further, you can check and try Atlassian plugin Issue History for Jira If that fulfill your requirement. 

You can read more about it How to track comment history in Jira

[Natalia_Kovalchuk_SaaSJet_]

Hi @Christopher Diaz !

If we are talking about tracking comments in Jira, here are a few possible approaches:

• Jira Query Language (JQL). Using it, you won't be able to filter or count comments, but you can try searching for issues you've interacted with and manually check comments. Here is an example of a JQL query that you can use in such a case:

updated >= "2024-01-01" AND updated <= "2024-12-31" AND assignee = currentUser()

You will get a result similar to this one: 

• Issue History for Jira app from my team.  Using it, you will be able to keep track of all changes and comments, including who made them, when, and search by username and date range (e.g., 2024). You can also easily export the data to Excel or CSV. 

If you want to count how many comments you left in Jira for the year 2024 easily, you need to take the following actions in Issue History for Jira app:

1. Use the needed filters by project, updater, and date range. 

2. Add a Comment field in a Columns section. 

3. Near the Column option, you can view the exact number of comments you added, updated, or deleted. 

For example, I set the filter to get the information on how many comments were added or updated by the current user in a Marketing project during this year: 

In the Columns section, I choose Comment. Near this field is the number of comments that were added, changed, or deleted by the user and during the date range set in the filter:

You can set the filter according to your needs and also obtain this number. 

More details related to comment tracking can be found here:  Tracking comment changes in Jira

[Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_]

Hi @Christopher Diaz 

As @Pramodh M and @pawarsachin84 said, there is no built-in solution for it yet, and you need to use an app for that. If you are interested in using a free app, I'd suggest SnapMetrics - Real Time Analytics on the Marketplace. I am one of the people behind this app, so let me know if you need further information.

[Pramodh M]

Hello @Christopher Diaz 

There's currently no Automation template that we can build to achieve this.

However, if you have Scriptrunner, this can be achieved by creating a scripted field to check the number of comments for a year 2024.

Else you can write a script externally to get each issue and count the number comments.

Let me know if you require further information on the above approach 

Thanks,

Pramodh