Advanced Searching with operator IN fails if value does not exist

Question

Hi,

Considering the following scenario:

issue ACT-6 exists

issue ACT-7 does not exist

When, in the Advanced Searching panel, I use the following query:

issueKey IN (ACT-6, ACT-7)

I get the following error:

An issue with key 'ACT-7' does not exist for field 'issueKey'.

This seems to show that I can only search based on values that actually exist.

Also, when using the REST API to perform the same query, I get the following response:

HTTP Response Code: 400
HTTP Response Message: Bad Request
HTTP Response Body: {"errorMessages":["An issue with key 'ACT-7' does not exist for field 'issueKey'."],"errors":{}}

Is there a way to perform this query "a la" SQL ?

In other words, how can I search for issues using the issuekey field without having to worry if the key exists or not ?

Thanks,

Vasco

Eric Sylvestre · Answer

I've got a case where both issues ACT-6 and ACT-7 exists, but for a unknown reason, I have a message "An issue with key 'ACT-7' does not exist for field 'issueKey'." Any idea of what could be the cause ?

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Answer

You can't do it now because JIRA explicitly does that error checking. You might want to raise a feature request to remove the restriction but to me it makes sense!