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"

score 3 · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-06T14:20:21.803

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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...

edited Mar 06 '19 at 14:20

answered Mar 05 '19 at 21:37

Thanks for the supporting screenshots. Based on their documentation, it seems like it should work, but it clearly does not. Thank you! – snollygolly Mar 06 '19 at 19:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '19 at 22:54

1

This appears to do what you want:

description ~ ("term OR different thing")

answered Mar 05 '19 at 22:54

petroica

I tried that, and it's valid, but the query doesn't give expected results – snollygolly Mar 05 '19 at 23:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 01 '22 at 20:38

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

text ~ "(uc55 OR uc60 OR UC65)"

answered Nov 01 '22 at 20:38

KeithS

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