countIssues
Description
Returns the number of issues that matched the search query.
Parameters
Return Type
Number
Returns the number of issue keys that match the specified jql.
Example
string jql;
jql = "project = PRJ AND reporter in membersOf('Employees') AND status in (Open, 'In Progress', Reopened, Resolved, 'On hold', Assigned, 'Internal QA', 'Results rejected', 'Tested and not delivered', 'Tested and delivred')";
countIssues(jql);Result: The number of issues that are in the project PRJ, with the reporter included in Employees group and the status being one of the above.
For the search query use apostrophe(') instead of quotes(") and double backslashes(\\)for escaping characters (instead of a single backslash).