Search for issues that do not contain text

[Dave Collins]

I need a simple solution for a JQL

eg: 

issuetype = Bug AND text != Apple

the != operator is not supported with text search. 

[Norman Abramovitz · Accepted solution]

Jira has the concept of groups. You can create a qa group and a dev group. My suggestion is to add a state transition for the qa step. The online documentation covers how to modify a workflow.

[Norman Abramovitz]

Here is one of the many online links on creating custom workflows.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA050/Creating+a+Custom+Workflow

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hi Nick,

we have a project role "developers" and another role "testers" and control the visibility of the steps with workflow conditions. So some steps can only be seen by testers, others only by developers.

In the issue history, you can always see, which developer fixed a bug, even it is now assigned to a tester for validating it. You don't need a second field.

Best regards

Thomas