How to search a text field for multiple possible values in JIRA

Question

According to the Atlassian documentation, you can search for words contained in a text field like so:

description ~ term

It also indicates you can group terms like so:

description ~ (term OR "different thing")

But when I try that, it shows that the syntax is wrong.

I want to do this, but with grouping (because I will have more than 2 terms, and I'd like to keep the query easy to read and short-ish):

description ~ term OR description ~ "different thing"

Femineity

Answer 1

description doesn’t support lists...

description doesn’t support = operator....

I think you already have the best answer to your question with JQL, by using....

description ~ “term” OR description ~ “different thing”

Although, a list method would work for the priority field, the list option isn’t available for every field...

Homeopathist

Thanks for the supporting screenshots. Based on their documentation, it seems like it should work, but it clearly does not. Thank you! – Femineity

Answer 2

Actually the multi-text match search phrase that worked for me was this example:

text ~ "(uc55 OR uc60 OR UC65)"

Renae

This works for a custom text field in our system. "Customer Number" = "(1234 OR 1235)" returns tickets with customer number matching either 1234 or 1235. – Guilford

Answer 3

This appears to do what you want:

description ~ ("term OR different thing")

Nonillion

I tried that, and it's valid, but the query doesn't give expected results – Femineity