I'm trying to search Jira issues, and can't figure out how to search for a string

John DiNatale

Example of a summary string:

"RPD Build Request for "release/comcast_rs57_cd" Branch - CER_NODE_V01.01.00.0237.01"

Example of a description string

"Previous Build: CER_NODE_V01.01.00.0237"

 

This is my search, that does not return anything:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "V01.01.00.0237"

Bill Sheboy

Hi @John DiNatale -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

For JQL wildcard searches, use an asterisk to find matching text in whole "words"...and...that wildcard cannot occur at the start of the search string.

For your example, this could not work:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "*V01.01.00.0237"

But if you knew the prefix was consistent you can start with that.  For example:

project = RPD AND summary ~ "CER*V01.01.00.0237.01"

And if you knew there were multiple possible prefixes, try searching for each one like this:

project = RPD AND ( summary ~ "CER*V01.01.00.0237.01" OR summary ~ "ABC*V01.01.00.0237.01" )

Kind regards,
Bill