Searching for Strings

The Contains operator performs a case-insensitive search for a string of text anywhere in a field. You can use Contains to search for keywords in the Summary or Description fields. This allows you to package common keyword searches such as predefined queries. For example:

Summary Contains printer

You can also use Contains to find all choices in a list that contain the same string of characters. For example, the choices in the default Problem Area list start with “HW -“ “, “Apps - “, or “System - “. So Contains “HW -” finds all hardware problems.

Related Topics

Building Queries

Searching for Wildcards

Searching for Null Values

Searching for Unassigned Issues