Hi, I am new to JIRA and creating my first board, based on a filter. I have defined a filter in basic view, and then switched to the JQL view. The filter is: project IN (SYSDEV, FIN) AND type IN (Deliverable, Epic, Story, Sub-task) ORDER BY Rank ASC I now want to add an additional line to that JQL statement. However, the issue is that I cannot modify it in any way: * Pressing Enter does not create a new line * Typing a letter key does not actually add that letter to the statement It appears that the JQL statement is read-only. How can I modify the JQL statement? * Do I need to edit it in a different window? * Is there some 'filter edit' privilege that an admin should give me? * Or ...? Thanks for any insights on this one.

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Why can I not edit a filter JQL statement?

Nick Van Maele

Hi,

I am new to JIRA and creating my first board, based on a filter.

I have defined a filter in basic view, and then switched to the JQL view. The filter is:

project IN (SYSDEV, FIN)

AND type IN (Deliverable, Epic, Story, Sub-task)

ORDER BY Rank ASC

I now want to add an additional line to that JQL statement.

However, the issue is that I cannot modify it in any way:

Pressing Enter does not create a new line
Typing a letter key does not actually add that letter to the statement

It appears that the JQL statement is read-only.

How can I modify the JQL statement?

Do I need to edit it in a different window?
Is there some 'filter edit' privilege that an admin should give me?
Or ...?

Thanks for any insights on this one.

Accepted answers

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Nick Van Maele

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Can you provide a screen image showing us what you see? Generally switching from Basic view to JQL view doesn't break the statement into multiple lines, but you should be able to add a carriage return/new line using Shift+Enter.