How to find issues sent to QA by specific assignee

[kaushith_gowda]

I need to find how many issues are sent to QA by my team. We change the assignee after it's sent to QA. So using history I need to get the data.

[Jev]

You can't do that using JQL.

If you're not looking forward to use any custom plugins, you can achieve the result with the help of: 

• Custom fields
• JIRA automation OR workflow post functions

1. You'd need to create a new custom field with "User Picker" type, and call it, for instance "Initial Assignee".
2. Using JIRA automation OR workflow post functions set "Initial Assignee" to a preferred user once issue is created.
3. Then query by the custom field (Initial Assignee) using JQL.