JQL for displayname

Question

Hi

Is it possible to use JQL to compare the display name similar to how currentUser()) works?

Like this: status in ("In Progress", "To Do") AND assignee in (currentUser())

But for displayname status in ("In Progress", "To Do") AND assignee in "displayname"

Alexey Matveev · Answer

No, it is not possible. But why would you need that? More than one user has the same displayname and you want to query issues for those users?

daniel_hedberg · Answer

Is it possible to get the currentuser "Displayname" this way?

We basically want to create a filter that filters on a display name instead of username

Alexey Matveev · Answer

Hello,

if you use IN operator, then it must be assignee in ("userkey"). You can type the display name of the user and Jira will put the userkey itself.