Search Query Grammar

This page provides a BNF description of the YouTrack search query grammar.

Grammar

         <SearchRequest> ::= <OrExpression>
         <OrExpession> ::= <AndExpression> ('or' <AndExpression>)*
         <AndExpression> ::= <AndOperand> ('and' <AndOperand>)*
         <AndOperand> ::= '('<OrExpression>? ')' | Term
         <Term> ::= <TermItem>*
         <TermItem> ::= <QuotedText> | <NegativeText> | <PositiveSingleValue> | <NegativeSingleValue> | <Sort> | <Has> | <CategorizedFilter> | <Text>
         <CategorizedFilter> ::= <Attribute> ':' <AttributeFilter> (',' <AttributeFilter>)*
         <Attribute> ::= <name of issue field>
         <AttributeFilter> ::= ('-'? <Value> ) | ('-'? <ValueRange>)
         <ValueRange> ::= <Value> '..' <Value>
         <PositiveSingleValue> ::= '#'<SingleValue>
         <NegativeSingleValue> ::= '-'<SingleValue>
         <SingleValue> ::= <Value>
         <Sort> ::= 'sort by:' <SortField> (',' <SortField>)*
         <SortField> ::= <SortAttribute> ('asc' | 'desc')?
         <Has> ::= 'has:' <Attribute> (',' <Attribute>)*
         <QuotedText> ::= '"' <text without quotes> '"'
         <NegativeText> ::= '-' <QuotedText>
         <Text> ::= <text without parentheses>
         <Value> ::= <ComplexValue> | <SimpleValue>
         <SimpleValue> ::= <value without spaces>
         <ComplexValue> ::= '{' <value (can have spaces)> '}'
      

Grammar is case-insensitive.

For a complete list of search attributes, see Search Query Reference.

Examples

Query	Description
`"export configuration"`	Returns issues that contain word forms that match 'export' and 'configuration' in the specified order in the summary, description, or comments.
`for: me #unresolved`	Returns unresolved issues that are assigned to the current user.
`for: me unresolved`	Returns issues that are assigned to the current user and contain word forms that match 'unresolved' in the summary, description, or comments.
`for: mazine`	Returns issues that are assigned to the user with the user name 'mazine'.
`mazine`	Returns issues that contain word forms that match 'mazine'.
`#mazine`	Returns issues that were created by or are assigned to the users with the username 'mazine'.
`-mazine`	Returns issues that were created by or are assigned to any user except for the user with the username 'mazine'.
`state: -open, -submitted`	Returns all issues except for those that have the state 'open' or 'submitted'.
`sort by: priority, issue id asc`	Returns a list of all issues sorted first by priority, then by issue ID in ascending order.
`tag: A, B`	Returns a list of issues that have either tag 'A' or tag 'B'. The query is resolved as an ' `A or B`' expression.
`tag: A tag: B`	Returns a list of issues that have either tag 'A' or tag 'B'. The query is resolved as an ' `A or B`' expression. Two values in the same category are treated as disjunctive.
`tag: A state: B`	Returns a list of issues that have the tag 'A' and the state 'B'. The query is resolved as an ' `A and B`' expression. Values in different categories are treated as conjunctive.
`tag: A or tag: B`	Returns a list of issues that have either tag 'A' or tag 'B'. The query is resolved as an ' `A or B`' expression.
`tag: A and tag: B`	Returns a list of issues that have both tag 'A' and tag 'B'. The query is resolved as an ' `A and B`' expression.

Last modified: 08 March 2021