How to phrase search with punctuation

Matt Crozier_u7kyf3

We have a custom text field that lists system components - for example:

SYSOBJ/MFS_INIT
VSL_CONFIG/VC_SORT_AMV

but phrase searches on this field still results in false finds.  For example, searching this field for "MFS_INIT" (quoted)

"project = COLLECT AND File/Record" ~ "MFS_INIT"

will find issues that contain 'MFS' or 'INIT' but not strictly 'MFS_INIT'.  I get the same results whether or not the search value is quoted.  I've tried escaping the underscore character in the search value "MFS\u005FINIT" but this makes no difference.

How can these searches be performed?

Cheers, Matt.

 

 

Daniel Turczanski - JQL Search Extensions

Hi @Matt Crozier

Standard JQL doesn't easily allow searching for exact words, special phrases and patterns.

To get the wildcard support, use our professional indexing service JQL Search Extensions

After you install the app, you can simply search:

issue in wildcardMatch("File/Record", "*MFS_INIT*")

Check out the documentation for more examples.

I hope this helps!

Daniel