star a particular item?

[Eric Osman]

I see how to star a filter, but I want to star a particular item since I want to come back to that item later.

I can construct a filter that searches for items containing some unique string that is only found in the item, and then I know how to star that filter, but that is cumbersome.

[First Dawn LLC]

Hi @Eric Osman , like you I've wanted to be able to star a particular Issue, and then see all my starred Issues in a list.

We created a Jira Cloud app that allows you to add Issues to your own personal favorites list. Favorites are scoped to individual user accounts, so everyone on your team can favorite issues independently:

You can even create multiple personal favorites lists to further categorize Issues that are relevant to you. You can also search for issues that you've assigned to your personal custom favorites lists using JQL.

The app is called Issue Star, and you can find it here: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1234079 

Try the app out, and let us know what you think. Thanks!

[New Verve Consulting]

We have released a simple app (currently free on public beta) which enables you to 'star' your favourite Jira issues - check it out here: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220802/stars-for-jira.

Simply select the star icon at the top of the view issue screen to add a Jira issue to your favourites. To remove it, select the icon again.

Once starred, your favourite issues are grouped together at the top of the Issues menu. For ease of search, we've also included a handy JQL function for you to use in filters for boards and other reports 

[Eric Osman]

After setting myself to be a watcher of the issue, I discovered that I get way too many issues listed if I merely search for

                       watcher=currentUser()

This seems to be because all the issues I have ever commented within appear.

All I really want is to be able to star an issue so I can come back to it later, kind of like bookmarking a web page in browser.  (In fact, I'm tempted to merely use the browser bookmark feature since I haven't found a good way to star an issue in Jira)

[Payne]

Hi Eric,

A couple of ways you may consider tackling this ... you could use a label, or you could watch  issues. Labels are global and visible by all, so bear that in mind if you choose to go that route. Watching (depending upon your notification scheme) may cause you to receive notifications that you don't care to receive. Watching an issue is sort of like starring it, in that you click a single link on an issue.

Then, you could save a filter as you stated, e.g.

labels = ProjectZ

or

watcher = currentUser()

[Eric Osman]

So, if I set myself as a watcher of an issue, then in order to view the issue later, would I need to go into the advanced search mode and type "watcher = currentUser()"?  Or is there a canned menu item somewhere that means "show me all the issues I have set myself as a watcher of"?

[Payne]

I don't know of a canned option, but you can save that advanced search (e.g. named "Issues I'm Watching") as a favorite filter and then choose it from the Issues link up top whenever you wish to access it.