Default sorting sequence of the search result in Server and Cloud

Question

We recently migrated our Jira instance from Server to Cloud, and found that the sorting sequence when using search is very different.

In Server, the result will show the matches in the Summary in a higher priority, but not sure what the exact sorting order is. In Cloud, looks like the result is sorted by Issue key in descending order, but this is not very useful as users mostly want to see the matches in Summary first.

Although they can change the search key to  Summary ~ "xyz", it is always intuitive for them to just type the word they want to search in Quick Search. Is there anyway to easily sort the search result with the matches in Summary first? or default the Quick search to search summary instead of text?

Thank you.

Mon Le · Answer

Thank you. But it sorts by the Summary in alphabetical order instead of sorting by the best matches in Summary. I know it may be too much to ask for though..

Rigo Angulo · Answer

I don't know about changing how the quick search works, but I know that you can use a JQL statement like this to order by summary.

ORDER BY summary ASC