selectIssues

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Availability

This routine is available starting with katl-commons 1.0.
This routine is available for Jira server and cloud deployment options.

Syntax

selectIssues(jql [, overrideSecurity])

Description

Returns an array with the keys of the issues that matched the search query.

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
search query	string	Yes	Search query containing the details of the returned issues.
overrideSecurity	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

string []

Returns a list 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')";
selectIssues(jql);

Result: An array of strings containing the keys of all the 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, please use apostrophe(') instead of quotes(") and double backslashes(\ \ )for escaping characters instead of a single backslash.

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