Search Syntax

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

Requirement Yogi provides a search screen in every space.

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

Search by key

Search for all requirements whose key contains the input text. The search is case insensitive.

Search in text

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

Advanced search syntax

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

Examples

Search on...	Query	Result
Key	key = 'IG-1'	The requirement with the exact key.
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'
Linked requirements	from->ext@Cost > 1000 from→ext@Cost > 1000	Requirements that have at least one child requirement through any relationship where the external property 'Cost' is greater than 1000.
	to@relation1->ext@Man\ days > 20	Requirements that have at least one parent requirement through the relationship 'relation1' where the external property 'Man days' is greater than 20.
	to@relation1->from@relation2->@Author = 'John'	Requirements that have at least one parent requirement through the relationship 'relation1', which itself has at least one child requirement through the relationship 'relation2' where the property 'Author' is equal to 'John'.
	from@relation1->key ~ ‘BR-%’ AND from@relation2->@Assignee = ‘Jane’	Requirements that have at least one child requirement through the relationship ‘relation1' where the key matches ‘BR-%’ and that have at least one child requirement through the relationship ‘relation2' where the property ‘Assignee’ is equal to ‘Jane’.
	from@relation1->(text ~ ‘% something’ AND from@relation2->@Delivered = ‘true’)	Requirements that have at least one child requirement through the relationship ‘relation1' where (the description matches ‘% something’ and which itself has at least one child requirement trough the relationship ‘relation2’ where the property @Delivered is equal to ‘true’).

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
relation->… relation→…	Search based on linked requirements.

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