This is a case-insensitive ``all words as substrings'' search; words are separated by spaces. By default, the following fields are relevant: Summary, Keywords, Product, Component, Status Whiteboard. If you enter only a single word, the URL field is included in the search, too.
The generic format for a ``word'' is field1,...,fieldN:value1,...,valueM . A bug qualifies if at least one of the values occurs as a substring in at least one of the fields. For example, owner,reporter,qa:ibm,sun will give you bugs where the owner, reporter, or qa contact has an email address that contains ibm or sun . If only value1,...,valueM is given, the prefix (roughly) defaults to summary,keywords,product,component,statuswhiteboard: as noted above.
Here is a complete listing of available fields (the Shortcut column is just for access speed):
| Searched by default | Shortcut | Field Name | Aliases | Description |
| status | Status ("bug_status") | |||
| resolution | Resolution | |||
| as-is | platform | Platform ("rep_platform") | ||
| os | opsys | OS ("op_sys") | ||
| p1,p2 or p1-2 | priority | pri | Priority | |
| blo,cri,...,enh | severity | sev | Severity ("bug_severity") | |
| @owner | assignedto | assignee, owner | Assignee ("assigned_to") | |
| reporter | rep | Reporter (email) | ||
| qa | qacontact | QA Contact (email) ("qa_contact") | ||
| cc | CC (email) | |||
| yes | :area | product | prod | Product (enum) |
| yes | component | comp | Component | |
| version | ver | Version (enum) | ||
| milestone | target, targetmilestone | Target Milestone ("target_milestone") | ||
| yes | summary | shortdesc | Bug Summary (short text)("short_desc") | |
| description | desc, longdesc | Bug Description / Comments (long text) | ||
| one-word queries only | url | URL ("bug_file_loc") | ||
| yes | statuswhiteboard | sw, whiteboard | Status Whiteboard ("status_whiteboard") | |
| yes | !keyword | keywords | kw | Keywords |
| attachmentdesc | attachdesc | Attachment Description ("attachments.description") | ||
| attachmentdata | attachdata | Attachment Data ("attachments.thedata") | ||
| attachmentmimetype | attachmimetype | Attachment mime-type ("attachments.mimetype") |
Examples for some useful abbreviations:
| Syntax | Semantics and Examples |
| :area | product,component:area |
| sev | severity:sev |
| blo,cri,maj | severe bugs |
| enh | enhancement requests |
| plevel | priority:level |
| p1 | very high-priority bugs |
| p1-2 | high-priority bugs |
| @owner | assignedto:owner |
| !keyword | keywords:keyword |
More information can be found in the "Features" section on the introductory page.