Advanced Comment Search for Jira

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Advanced Comment Search for Jira lets you search issue comments across one or many projects using a rich set of filters (project, issue fields, comment author, change date, and comment text). Results are returned in a table where you can control visible columns, text truncation, and pagination.

• Searches comments across multiple projects at once (e.g., Apples + Astro Forge).
   
• Filters by issue metadata (Issue Type, Issue, Summary text, Created date range, Priority, Version, Status, Reporter, Assignee).
   
• Filters by comment metadata (Comment Author, Date of Change range).
   
• Filters by comment content:
   
  • Comments Contains: include only comments containing the specified text
     
  • Comment Does Not Contain: exclude comments containing the specified text
     
• Displays matching comments in a results table with key issue and comment details.
   

1. Choose Project(s)
   Select one or more projects to search across.
    
2. Set issue filters (optional)
   Narrow results using Issue Type, Issue, Summary, Creation Date From/To, Priority, Version, Status, Reporter, and Assignee.
    
3. Set comment filters (optional)
    
   • Comment Author: return comments made by a specific user
      
   • Date of Change From/To: return comments created/updated within a date range
      
   • Comments Contains / Does Not Contain: refine results by text content
      

1. Click Search
   The app returns a row for each matching comment (including the issue it belongs to).
    
2. Review and adjust
   Use column controls, truncation settings, and pagination to review results efficiently.
    

• Project: Scope the search; supports multi-select.
   
• Issue Type: Filter by Jira issue type (Story, Bug, Task, etc.).
   
• Issue: Target a specific issue (useful when verifying a known thread).
   
• Summary (Contains): Match issues whose summary contains your text.
   
• Creation Date From / To: Match issues created within the selected range.
   
• Priority / Version / Status: Match issues by standard Jira fields.
   
• Reporter / Assignee: Match issues by people fields.
   
• Comment Author: Match comments written by a specific user.
   
• Date of Change From / To: Match comments by the date they were added or last changed (depending on your Jira data availability/configuration).
   
• Comments Contains: Only return comments that include the given text.
   
• Comment Does Not Contain: Exclude comments that include the given text.
   

Tip: Leaving a field blank means “don’t filter by this field.” All selected filters are combined to progressively narrow results.
 

After searching, results appear under Comment Search Results. Each row represents a single matching comment and includes (depending on selected columns):

• Issue Key
   
• Issue Type
   
• Summary
   
• Project Name / Project Key
   
• Created (issue created timestamp)
   
• Priority, Version, Status
   
• Reporter, Assignee
   
• Date of Change (comment timestamp)
   
• Comment Author
   
• Comment (comment body; optionally truncated)
   

The button Refresh Projects, Priorities, Statuses and Users reloads dropdown values to reflect the latest Jira configuration (useful after adding users, changing workflows/statuses, or updating project metadata).

• Select Visible Columns: Choose which fields appear in the results table.
   
• Set Truncation: Shorten long text fields (like Summary or Comment) to keep the table readable while still surfacing the match.
   

Use:

• Rows per Page to control how many results are shown at once.
   
• Go to Page to jump to a specific page.
   

This makes it practical to handle large result sets across multiple projects while keeping the UI responsive and easy to scan.