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 This page describes the search syntax to find requirements in Confluence. 

Requirement Yogi provides a search screen in every space.

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By default, only active requirements of the current space are displayed. Use the URL to display deleted requirements or to search across spaces.

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Basic search

The text you enter in the search bar will be compared with requirement keys and descriptions. The search is case insensitive.

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Advanced search syntax

You can also use our search syntax to refine your search.

Examples

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Query

Result

Key

key = 'IG-1'

The requirement with the exact key.

key ~ 'IG-%'

All requirements starting with 'IG-'.

Contents

text ~ '% something'

All requirements whose text ends with 'something'.

Pages

page = 467382

All requirements defined on the page with ID 467382 (Does not include dependencies)

page ~ 467382

All requirements that are on the page with ID 467382 (Includes dependencies)

page = 'a title'

All requirements on the page with title matching 'a title'. You can use the characters ? for a single character wildcard and * for a multiple character wildcard. (Does not include dependencies)

page ~ 'Partial title*'

All requirements on the page with title starting with 'Partial title' (Includes dependencies)

Properties

@Category = 'Functional'

@Category\ With\ Space = 'Functional'

All requirements where the property 'Category' = 'Functional'. (Use \ if the property contains a space (here the property is 'Category With Space'

External properties

ext@Category = 'Functional'

All requirements where the external property 'Category' = 'Functional'.

ext@Category is not null

All requirements where the external property 'Category' is defined.

ext@Estimate > 10

All requirements where the external property 'Estimate' is greater than 10.

Dependencies

TO = 'REQ-001'

Requirements which reference REQ-001.

FROM = 'REQ-001'

Requirements which are referenced by REQ-001.

FROM ~ 'REQ-%'

Requirements which are referenced by any requirement starting with "REQ-".

FROM@refines = 'REQ-001'

Requirements which are "refined" by REQ-001.

Variants

variant = 1

All requirements with the variant id 1

variant = 'Current'

All requirements with the variant name Current. Note: all spaces have a default variant called Current

variant = ('Current' in space 'ANOTHER')

All requirements with the variant name Current in the space ANOTHER

Space

space = 'HOME'

All requirements in the space HOME. Note: cross space search is not yet available

Validation




rulestatus = true

Requirements which respect all the rules.

rulestatus = 'warning'

Requirements with a warning.

rulestatus = false

Requirements in error.

rulestatus@my\ rule = false

Requirements which don't suit "my rule".

rulestatus@my\ rule IS NOT NULL

Requirements which are submitted to "my rule".

Jira



jira = 'key-1'

Requirements which are linked to Jira issue with key = 'key-1'

jira IS NOT NULL

Requirements which are linked to a Jira issue.

jira@relation = 'key1

Requirements which are link to Jiira issue with key = 'key-1' and relationship = 'relation'

Keywords

Keyword

Function

AND, OR, NOT

Boolean operators

= '...'

== '...'

Strict equality.

~ '...%...'

like '...%...'

Soft equality. Use % in the string as a wildcard.

@...

...

Reference to a property of the requirement (if you've defined requirements in columns).

IS NOT NULL

To check if a field is filled

Fields

Field

Definition

key = ...

The key of the requirement. Keys are unique per space.

spaceKey = ...

The space key of the requirement (case sensitive).

status = ...

The status of the requirement (ACTIVE, DELETED, MOVED). Default: ACTIVE. There is generally no reason to use it, since those statuses are internal details about requirements. You would rather define your own property named "Status", and search them using @status = 'Approved' for example. Do not confuse "status" (our internal implementation detail) and "@status" (any user-defined property).

text = ...

The contents of the requirement (Does not include the properties).

page = ...

The ID of a page or a version where a requirement is defined.

link is not null / link is null

The requirements having links or not

jira = ...

A JIRA issue linked to the requirement.

jira@relationship = ...

A JIRA issue linked with a specific relationship.

@aproperty = ...

A property with name "aproperty".

ext@aproperty = ...

An external property with name "aproperty". Note: external properties are typed (string, float, integer, boolean...)

to@arelationship = ...

from@arelationship = ...

A dependency with the relationship "arelationship".

variant = ...

A variant for a requirement