Jira Software issues tutorials

Perform a contextual search and find an issue in the project’s board, roadmap, or backlog view

Search bars can be found in the roadmap, backlog, and board view. Issues would appear in the search results if these issues can be found that particular view.

Find an issue in a given project via Issue Navigator

Navigate to “Issues” in the sidebar navigation. Toggle between “Basic” or “JQL” modes in the top right of the screen. In Basic mode, you can type keywords in the search bar and/or use the dropdown menus to filter issues by project, issue type, status, assignee, and any fields that an issue can have. In JQL mode, you to build structured queries using the Jira Query Language (JQL) to search for issues.

Please note that the Issue Navigator is not available by default in team-managed projects. Enable this feature by going to Project Settings > Features > Issue navigator.

1. Open an issue.
2. Select Link issue at the top of the issue modal.
3. Choose the type of issue link (for example, "this issue is blocked by...").
4. Specify the issue(s) you want to link to by typing the full issue key (for example, ABC-123).
5. Select Link.