How can i search all comments that tag specific users?

Question

Hello!

I am looking to be able to search any Comment that my boss is tagged in.

I feel like there is a way to do this (guessing thru an Advanced Search), but i do not know how or if its possible.

Does anyone know how to do this or have any insight if this is possible?

Thank you!

Bryan_2v26ke · Answer

Using the User ID of the person works. Finding the user ID takes a few extra steps. Here's how to get it and use it:

* Click on the mention to pop up the account card:

* Click on "view profile". This will take you to a page with an address like https://example.atlassian.net/jira/people/fa362d8aaabf4d2d879b13b95a9c998b
* The User ID is the long string, which you can use in your JQL query:comment ~ "fa362d8aaabf4d2d879b13b95a9c998b"

This will return the stories that have comments with the mention, but not ones that only have comments written by the person.

Jeff Anderson_uac6go · Answer

I think that only works if the user name is a string that won't show up elsewhere; it's not really searching for the tag but the string.   So if the user name is 'joan' and someone makes a comment about joan or forwards email from her, then this search will include those results.   I have tried a number of things such as

@Joan

'@joan'

'@joan smith'

\u0040joan

'joan smith'

and all  either fail, include too much, or include nothing

Jesse Oveson · Answer

Hmm.

Interesting. Thanks for the info and help Payne.