This document describes the JQL expression editor and tester. It is available from the Link issues to current issue post-function only.
On this page:
The JQL expression editor has the ability to:
Check for syntax errors in the Nunjucks code
The editor also provides advanced features, such as find and replace, that are available through keyboard shortcuts.
You can use the following shortcut keys as an alternative to the mouse when working in this editor, while the cursor is active in the editor:
Command | Description | PC | Mac |
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find | Opens the search box. Use /re/ syntax for regexp search | Ctrl-F | Cmd-F |
findNext | Post a search, finds the next occurrence of the search | Ctrl-G | Cmd-G |
findPrev | Post a search, finds the previous occurrence of the search | Shift-Ctrl-G | Shift-Cmd-G |
replace | Opens the Replace window. | Shift-Ctrl-F | Cmd-Alt-F |
replaceAll | Opens the Replace all window | Shift-Ctrl-R | Shift-Cmd-Alt-F |
selectAll | Select the whole content of the editor | Ctrl-A | Cmd-A |
singleSelection | When multiple selections are present, this deselects all but the primary selection | Esc | Esc |
killLine | Deletes the part of the line after the cursor. If that consists only of whitespace, the newline at the end of the line is also deleted. | Ctrl-K | |
deleteLine | Deletes the whole line under the cursor, including newline at the end. | Ctrl-D | Cmd-D |
delWrappedLineLeft | Delete the part of the line from the left side of the visual line the cursor is on to the cursor. | Cmd-Backspace | |
delWrappedLineRight | Delete the part of the line from the cursor to the right side of the visual line the cursor is on. | Cmd-Delete | |
undo | Undo the last change | Ctrl-Z | Cmd-Z |
redo | Redo the last undone change | Ctrl-Y | Shift-Cmd-Z or Cmd-Y |
undoSelection | Undo the last change to the selection, or if there are no selection only changes at the top of the history, undo the last change. | Ctrl-U | Cmd-U |
redoSelection | Redo the last change to the selection, or the last text change if no selection changes remain. | Alt-U | Shift-Cmd-U |
goDocStart | Move the cursor to the start of the document. | Ctrl-Home | Cmd-Up or Cmd-Home |
goDocEnd | Move the cursor to the end of the document. | Ctrl-End | Cmd-End or Cmd-Down |
goLineStart | Move the cursor to the start of the line. | Alt-Left | Ctrl-A |
goLineStartSmart | Move to the start of the text on the line, or if we are already there, to the actual start of the line (including whitespace). | Home | Home |
goLineEnd | Move the cursor to the end of the line. | Alt-Right | Ctrl-E |
goLineRight | Move the cursor to the right side of the visual line it is on. | Cmd-Right | |
goLineLeft | Move the cursor to the left side of the visual line it is on. If this line is wrapped, that may not be the start of the line. | Cmd-Left | |
goLineUp | Move the cursor up one line. | Up | Ctrl-P |
goLineDown | Move down one line. | Down | Ctrl-N |
goPageUp | Move the cursor up one screen and scroll up by the same distance. | PageUp | Shift-Ctrl-V |
goPageDown | Move the cursor down one screen and scroll down by the same distance. | PageDown | Ctrl-V |
goCharLeft | Move the cursor one character left, going to the previous line when hitting the start of the line. | Left | Ctrl-B |
goCharRight | Move the cursor one character right, going to the next line when hitting the end of the line. | Right | Ctrl-F |
goWordLeft | Move the cursor to the start of the previous word. | Alt-B | |
goWordRight | Move the cursor to the end of the next word. | Alt-F | |
goGroupLeft | Move to the left of the group before the cursor. | Ctrl-Left | Alt-Left |
goGroupRight | Move to the right of the group after the cursor. | Ctrl-Right | Alt-Right |
delCharBefore | Delete the character before the cursor. | Shift-Backspace | Ctrl-H |
delCharAfter | Delete the character after the cursor. | Delete | Ctrl-D |
delWordBefore | Delete up to the start of the word before the cursor. | Alt-Backspace | |
delWordAfter | Delete up to the end of the word after the cursor. | Alt-D | |
delGroupBefore | Delete to the left of the group before the cursor. | Ctrl-Backspace | Alt-Backspace |
delGroupAfter | Delete to the start of the group after the cursor. | Ctrl-Delete | Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or Alt-Delete |
indentAuto | Auto-indent the current line or selection. | Shift-Tab | Shift-Tab |
indentMore | Indent the current line or selection by one indent unit. | Ctrl-] | Cmd-] |
indentLess | Dedent the current line or selection by one indent unit. | Ctrl-[ | Cmd-[ |
defaultTab | If something is selected, indent it by one indent unit. If nothing is selected, insert a tab character. | Tab | Tab |
transposeChars | Swap the characters before and after the cursor. | Ctrl-T | |
newlineAndIndent | Insert a newline and auto-indent the new line. | Enter | Enter |
toggleOverwrite | Flip the overwrite flag. | Insert | Insert |
GroupA group is a stretch of word characters, a stretch of punctuation characters, a newline, or a stretch of more than one whitespace character. |
The JQL expression tester lets you test your expression against any issue. You can quickly test and debug your expression and make changes without having to actually trigger the transition and/or look at the JMWE logs to see the result.
After writing your JQL expression in the editor, click on Test JQL expression.
A window opens, asking you to input an issue to run the JQL expression against. The issue
variable used in your annotations will point to this issue.
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After selecting an issue against which the JQL expression should be tested, click on Test.
The following information will be displayed. This information can be used for debugging.
Message: Success/error message based on the test result.
Example:
Test a JQL expression that fetches issues in a project that are assigned to the current user.
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If you encounter an error during testing or your JQL expression doesn't seem to fetch expected results, you will need to debug your expression. The information displayed in the result panel aids in debugging the expression.
In the above example if you provided "=="
instead of "="
:
project = PSDF and reporter == {{currentUser.name}} |
Message
that displayed an error that, there is an error in the JQL queryCorrect the problem, by modifying the expression
project = PSDF and reporter = {{currentUser.name}} |
Test again
and verify the result in the template test panel.