Create and access rich filters

Owned by Cristian Oancea
Last updated: Sept 16, 2024 by Praveena Manohar
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On this page:

  1. Create a new Rich Filter

  2. Access existing Rich Filters

Create a new rich filter

  1. Open Jira’s Apps menu in the navigation bar and click on Rich Filters. This will open the Rich Filters list page.

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  2. Click on the Create new rich filter button at the top-right of the screen. This will open the Create a new Rich Filter dialog box.

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  3. In the Create new rich filter tab, enter a unique name for your rich filter and select an existing Jira filter as its base. 
    Click Create.

You need to have the rights to use the selected Jira filter but you don't need to be its owner.

You have now created your first rich filter. You are now on the rich filter configuration page in the General section. As you can see, your rich filter is based on the native Jira filter you have selected. You have been added as an administrator of the rich filter, which allows you to edit it.
Try it out: type a description in the corresponding field and click Submit to save the change.

 

The rich filter can be further configured using the menu entries on the left of the screen: General, Static filters, Dynamic filters, Smart filters, Views, Queues, Custom values, Custom ratios, and Time series. You have already seen the General section, and other tutorials in this series will guide you through gradually enriching the configuration of your rich filter and thus extending its functionalities. In the next tutorial, we'll add static filters to this rich filter and use them to build a simple interactive Jira dashboard.

Before we move on, let's see how you can find, view, and edit existing rich filters you can access.

Access existing rich filters

  1. To display the list of rich filters for which you have view permission, click on Rich Filters in the Apps menu of Jira’s navigation bar, as you did at the beginning of this tutorial.

Alternatively, if you are on the configuration page of a rich filter, you can click on the Rich Filters list link at the top left of the screen.

  1. You can find the rich filter you're looking for directly in the list or by using the search field at the top of the page.

  2. Click on any rich filter's name to open its configuration page. You can change the configuration with admin permission to access the rich filter.

Learn more

See Managing Rich Filters to learn more about the basic configuration of Rich Filters.

See Build a simple interactive Jira dashboard to learn how to use Rich Filters in dashboards.