Jira also provides a quick search functionality, which allows you to perform quick simple searches based on the text contained in the issue's summary, description, or comments. This allows you to perform quick text-based searches on all issues in Jira.
The quick search function has several additional features to let you perform more specialized searches with minimal typing, through smart querying. Jira has a list of built-in queries, which you can use as your quick search terms to pull up issues with a specific issue type and/or status. Some useful queries are included in the following table (you can find the full quick search reference at https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracoreserver/quick-searching-939937704.html):
| Smart query | Result |
| Issue key (for example, HD-12) | Takes you directly to the issue with the specified issue key. |
| Project key (for example, HD) | Displays all the issues in the project specified by the key in the Issue Navigator page. |
| my or my open bugs | Displays all the issues that are assigned to the currently logged-in user. |
| overdue | Displays all the issues that are due before today. |
| Issues with a particular status (for example, open) | Displays all issues with the specified status. |
| Issues with a particular resolution (for example, resolved) | Displays all issues with the specified resolution. |
You can combine these queries together to create quick yet powerful searches in Jira. For example, the following query brings back all the resolved issues in the Help Desk project, where HD is the project key:
HD resolved
Running a quick search is much simpler than either basic or advanced searches. All you have to do is type in either the text you want to search with or the smart query in the Quick Search box in the top-right corner, and press Enter on your keyboard.
As you can see, the goal of quick search is to allow you to find what you are looking for in the quickest possible way. With smart query, you are able to perform more than just simple text-based searches.