Global search sidebar queries do not work as expected

[Raj Advani]

I'm looking for a very simple operation: search by keyword, filtering by open issues, using the global search sidebar on the left. The search sidebar is detailed here:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/get-home-search-or-create-with-the-global-sidebar-937886032.html

However, none of those examples seem to work. Typing in 'my open bugs' returns nothing. Typing in a keyword followed by 'Open' returns nothing. For example, I'd like to search for open stories or bugs with the term 'model' in them. I type in 'model Open' and get nothing.

What I'd like is a simple way to search Open issues with a keyword by using the search sidebar, without resorting to JQL. 

Thanks!

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hi @Raj Advani,

"model open" will be translated to "status = Open and text ~ model"

You can always see the JQL that you generated with your search phrase after you executed the search.

Maybe you don't have an issue with issuetype "bug" or you don't have a status "Open" 

Please have a look at the generated JQL - maybe your problem is getting clearer then. 

[Raj Advani]

Ah, I see. We're using the Status 'To Do' instead of 'Open', so it looks like that won't work with the global search bar. Thanks for the pointer about checking the generated JQL.

[Raj Advani]

Actually just saw that 'To do' is supported, but when I type in 'model to do' I don't get the 'To do' part assigned to status in the JQL.

[Thomas Schlegel]

Yes, you're right, I also can't get this to work with "To Do". To do is interpreted as "text ~ "to do"" - I'll ask the other champions whether this is a known problem.