countIssues

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Availability

This routine is available starting with katl-commons 2.5.15 / 2.6.7.

This routine is available for Jira server and cloud deployment options.

Syntax

countIssues(jql [, overrideSecurity])

Description

Returns the number of issues that matched the search query.

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
search query	string	Yes	Searches query containing the details of the returned issues.
overrideScurity	boolean	No	Set to true to bypass any issue security. Availability This param is available starting with version 4.8.0.10 of Sil Engine .

Return type

number

Returns the number of issue keys that match the specified jql.

Example

Example 1

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.

Notes

For the search query use apostrophe(') instead of quotes(") and double backslashes(\ \ )for escaping characters (instead of a single backslash).

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