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✅ You can see the results immediately without any additional indexing steps.
✅ You can save the query as a Jira filter and use the filter everywhere in Jira.
✅ As with standard Jira filters, you can control the filter permissions.
✅ Saved filters perform better than Subqueries and are more reliable.

How do I start using new Extended Search functions?

There is an equivalent function for every Subquery JQL alias. The full list of available functions is listed on the Extended search page. Have a look at the next section to see the mapping between Subqueries JQL aliases and new functions. It’ll help you to create your new queries.

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If you want to use the query anywhere else in Jira simply save it as a filter.

Functions mapping

The following table list Subquery JQL aliases and their corresponding Extended Search functions. Use this mapping to migrate your subqueries.

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