projectMatches()

Description:

Perform searches based on projects which their name match with the provided regular expression.

Note:
This function uses Java native String.matches() method internally to determine the projects affected by the given expression.
See Pattern Java Class for further information.

Syntax	projectMatches(regex)
Available since	v1.0.0-RELEASE
Supported fields	Project
Supported operators	`IN , NOT IN`
Unsupported operators	`=` `,` `!=` `,` `~` `,` `!~` `,` `>` `,` `>=` `,` `<` `,` `<=` `IS` `,` `IS NOT` `,` `WAS` `,` `WAS IN` `,` `WAS NOT` `,` `WAS NOT IN` `,` `CHANGED`

Examples:

• Find issues in projects that ther name starts with 'LATAM':

project IN projectMatches("LATAM.*")

• Find issues in project that their name contains 'Academy':

project IN projectMatches(".*Academy.*")

• Find issues in projects that ther name ends with 'EMEA':

project IN projectMatches(".*EMEA")

Real World Use Cases:

· JRASERVER-43398 - Allow wildcard or '~' symbol to search for project/category name in JQL (by Ismael Olusula Jimoh)
· Jira project search using wildcard (by Tripp Johnson at ATLASSIAN Community)

JQL Function Reference