can not query reserved character:square bracket [ ] in summary in jira 4.4.1

[fabby]

for example i have for jira issue with summary like follows,

amoi4.0
[amoi4.0]support
amoi4.0- fewat
[amoi4.0] not

1 and i can use summary ~ "amoi4.0" to search out the above four issues,

2 but use summary ~ "amoi4.0\\]" ,there is no result.

3 or use summary ~ "amoi4.0\]" ,it will say

Error in the JQL Query: '\]' is an illegal JQL escape sequence. The valid escape sequences are \', \", \t, \n, \r, \\, '\ ' and \uXXXX. (line 1, character 19)

why ?

[Thomas Schlegel · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Look here: https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/54308/exact-search-in-text-field?page=1#54309

Best regards

Thomas

[fabby]

hi,Thomas-S

you mean summary ~ "\\[" doesn't work because of JIRA's bug ?

and we have no resolution now?

[Thomas Schlegel]

seems so :-(

[fabby]

hi,Thomas-S

i met another problem,i can not use number in query (summary ~ "4.0") using one of my jira server A,the query result is empty.

but on another jira server B i can search out issues with summary contains "4.0".

i don't know what's wrong with the jira server A.

all my jira server version is 4.4.1

[Thomas Schlegel]

Are you sure there are issues with a summary "4.0" ?

Try do do the search with the simple search. Do you get some results with that ?

[fabby]

yes,i create one issue with summary “4.0”

and do the search summary ~ "4.0"

but query with no results.

i am wondering if i have installed some plugins that make jql something error

[Thomas Schlegel]

and did you try the simple search ??

[fabby]

yes,in simple search tab,set "Query“ to 4.0 gets no result.

[Thomas Schlegel]

maybe you could try reindexing your issues via admin console

[fabby]

i tried reindex ,but with no good luck.

i created another issue with summary “43265”,and summary ~ "43265" query returns no result too.

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hello all, has anyone else another idea ? If not, I think you have to ask then official Jira Support.

[fabby]

i resolve it ,set indexing language to Englist ,and do a re-index will solve the problem

[Criztov]

Have you tried using this trick?

issueFunction in issueFieldMatch("project=ABC", "summary", "\\[BA\\]")

Originally posted by: @Mash Huang 
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-can-I-search-for-exact-text-in-square-brackets/qaq-p/395566