Slack integration will not save JQL query with filter

Question

Hi,

I want to send notifications to a slack channel for bugs that are created. However I want to exclude bugs that were created from slack itself - you can find these with this search:

text ~ "Issue created in Slack from a Message".

But because you can't say text does not equal, you have to create a filter for the above and then say not in the filter, so assuming the filter is called Issue created in Slack from a Message the JQL is:

type = Bug AND filter != "Issue created in Slack from a Message"

When I try to save this I get a popup:

Invalid JQL
Could not save project connection settings

Looking the request that was made, it makes a PATCH request with a 400 response:

{"error":{"message":"Invalid JQL","code":"INVALID_JQL"}}

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Andrew Blick · Answer

I ran into the same issue with saving JQL that referenced a filter. When filters are created, they are private by default. You have to update the permissions of the filter so that that they can be viewed by your organization.

Tip: At first I thought I had updated the permissions, but I forgot to hit "Add" before "Save".

Magdalena Zhisheva · Answer

Hi @James Kennard (Propagator) ,

Try with this JQL:

type = bug and description !~ "Issue created in Slack from a Message"

"!~" is the operator which you can use, when you search in text fields.

Hope it helps!