JQL how to search for entity properties? Do the properties need to be indexed? If

[Rich Scire]

I've created project properties in a couple of different formats and would like to use that property in JQL. The examples below all failed to return any issues:

• What is the correct JQL syntax to search for issues in projects that have prop1 = prop1_value?
• Do the properties need to be indexed? If so, how and when?
• Is the search capability only available to apps?

I create project property 'prop1', which, when getting the value via REST looks like this::

{
    "key": "prop1",
    "value": "prop1_value"
}

I then tried the following JQL statements:

• project.property[prop1] is not EMPTY
• project.property[prop1].value is not EMPTY
• project.property[prop1] = prop1_value
• project.property[prop1] = "prop1_value"
• project.property[prop1].value = prop1_value
• project.property[prop1].value = "prop1_value"
• project.property[prop1].value ~ prop1_value
• project.property[prop1].value ~ "prop1_value"

I then created another property of the form:

{
    "key": "prop2",
    "value": {
       "name": "prop2_value"
    }
}

 Then I tried all the same tests as above but adding .name e.g. project.property[prop2].name = "prop2_value"

[Mikael Sandberg · Accepted solution]

In order to use entity properties in JQL it has to be indexed, and if I read the document correctly you have to do that either via an Atlassian Connect app or Forge app. See Making searchable entity properties for more information.