Does JQL support an "equal to and only equal to" operator? (== in Java)

Question

It would be very useful if a user could search for a single value in a pick list, such as find all issues with only one specific version value (not the value in question plus others).

An iff or equal to and only equal to operator ( == ) would be helpful in many use cases.

Is there a feature request for this already suggested?

Rob Kelly · Answer

That response is not applicable to this question topic.

Samuel Gatica _ServiceRocket_ · Answer

Hi @Rob Kelly

I found this similar post Query a single value from a multi-value field

"JQL looks at multi-select fields as though they are a list of options (which they are).

If you have an issue with Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the "day" field, then JQL will look at all three when you ask it "show me issues where 'day' = Wednesday", and hence it will return that issue."

I believe this feature is not yet supported in JQL.

Best regards

Sam

Rob Kelly · Answer

Thank you for your attempt to support.

This does not align to the problem statement targeting picklists. I am not concerned with text pattern matches in open text fields.