The Issue Navigator displays the search results from an issue filter, a Quick Search or an Advanced Search, e.g:
The Issue Navigator provides convenient ways to perform many of JIRA's most useful functions. You can:
- Use the 'Actions' icon
menu for a particular issue to quickly perform the following actions:
Note that some options in the Actions menu will only be available if you have the necessary permissions, or if certain features have been enabled by your JIRA administrator. Options which change an issue's Status (Resolve issue, Close issue, Reopen issue) may differ from this list, depending on your organisation's workflow.
- Use the 'Views' menu to view/export your search results in various formats:
- Printable — All search results on one page, with one row of data per issue. Includes the issue fields that are currently configured in your Issue Navigator.
- Full Content — All search results on one page. Includes Description, Comments and all other issue data, not just the issue fields that are currently configured in your Issue Navigator.
- XML — An XML view of issue data, suitable for use with the Confluence JIRA Issues Macro. (Also suitable for use as an RSS 0.9.2 feed). For details, see 'Displaying Search Results in XML'.
- RSS (Issues) — An RSS 2.0 feed of issue data, suitable for displaying in an RSS reader. For details, see 'Receiving Search Results via RSS'.
- RSS (Comments) — An RSS 2.0 feed of comments on the issues, suitable for displaying in an RSS reader. For details, see 'Receiving Search Results via RSS'.
- Word — An MS Word document. Includes Description, Comments and all other issue data, not just the issue fields that are currently configured in your Issue Navigator. Can be saved and/or edited. For details, see 'Exporting Search Results to Microsoft Word'.
- Excel (All fields) — An MS Excel spreadsheet. Includes Description and all other issue data (excluding comments). Can be saved, or edited to produce graphs and charts; also useful for basic reporting and statistics. For details, see 'Exporting Search Results to Microsoft Excel'.
- Excel (Current fields) — An MS Excel spreadsheet containing the issue fields that are currently configured in your Issue Navigator. Can be saved, or edited to produce graphs and charts; also useful for basic reporting and statistics. For details, see 'Exporting Search Results to Microsoft Excel'.
- Charts — A graphical summary of the search results, which can be saved as a dashboard gadget. For details, see 'Displaying Search Results as a Chart'.
- On Dashboard — A gadget on your dashboard. You will be prompted to:
- select which gadget to use: Filter Results; Average Age Chart; Created vs Resolved Chart; Heat Map; Pie Chart; Recently Created Chart; Resolution Time; or Time Since Chart.
- name the filter which the search results will be saved as.
- choose which dashboard the gadget will be saved to, if you have created your own dashboards (if you haven't, the gadget will be saved to a new dashboard which will be a copy of the default dashboard).
- Use the 'Tools' menu to:
- Bulk Change — You can move, edit or delete multiple issues at once as described in 'Modifying Multiple ('Bulk') Issues'. (Note that this option will only be available if you have been given the necessary permission.)
- Configure Columns — You can add, remove and re-order columns as described in 'Customising your Issue Navigator'.
- Click the 'permalink' icon
to create a permanent URL link to your search results.
The Issue Navigator only displays one set of search results at any one time, even if you have multiple browser windows open. However, you can easily save your searches (see 'issue filters'), then display them as needed.
Re-ordering the search results
When viewing search results in the Issue Navigator, you can re-order the issues by clicking on the column header*. For example, if you click the 'Reporter' column header, the Issue Navigator will re-display the issues in ascending order of reporter's name. If you click the 'Reporter' column header a second time, the Issue Navigator will re-display the issues in descending order of reporter's name.
- With some exceptions, e.g. the 'Images' column and the sub-task aggregate columns (i.e. all columns beginning with '∑') are non-orderable.
To choose different fields to display in your Issue Navigator, see Customising your Issue Navigator.
Viewing individual issues
When an issue from a search result set is selected and displayed, a mini-navigator is shown at the right of the issue's title bar:
This mini-navigator indicates the current issue's position within the result set. It also provides linked arrow icons to the previous and next issues in the result set (as shown in the image above), along with a 'Return to search' link that leads you back to the search results. You can also navigate through the search results by using the shortcut keys: 'p' (previous) and 'n' (next).