JQL issues added to backlog

Question

Is there a way in JQL to find issues that were added to backlog yesterday? I tried using Sprint changed to EMPTY and Backlog priority changed from empty but JIRA doesn't support historical search on those fields.

Thanks!

Answer 1

JQL indeed does not support history searches on the sprint field so you cannot search for issues that were removed from a sprint since yesterday.

You can however search for "new" issues that were added to the backlog since yesterday:

project = "MyProject" AND created > -1d AND sprint IS EMPTY

Or for issues on your backlog that were updated since yesterday:

project = "MyProject" AND updated > -1d AND sprint IS EMPTY

If that's not close enough to what you need, you could also use an add-on like Script Runner which comes with a number of JQL functions built-in, like removedAfterSprintStart . It also allows you to implement your own JQL functions . That way you could implement exactly the behavior that you desire.