Advanced Search Syntax¶
Kanboard uses a simple query language for advanced search. You can search in tasks, comments, subtasks, links but also in the activity stream.
Example of Query¶
This example will return all tasks assigned to me with a due date for tomorrow and a title that contains “my title”:
assigne:me due:tomorrow my title
Project Search¶
Search by task id or title¶
- Search by task id:
#123 - Search by task id and task title:
123 - Search by task title: anything that doesn’t match any search attributes
Search by status¶
Attribute: status
- Query to find open tasks:
status:open - Query to find closed tasks:
status:closed
Search by assignee¶
Attribute: assignee
- Query with the full name:
assignee:"Frederic Guillot" - Query with the username:
assignee:fguillot - Multiple assignee lookup:
assignee:user1 assignee:"John Doe" - Query for unassigned tasks:
assignee:nobody - Query for my assigned tasks:
assignee:me
Search by task creator¶
Attribute: creator
- Tasks created by myself:
creator:me - Tasks created by John Doe:
creator:"John Doe" - Tasks created by the user id #1:
creator:1
Search by color¶
Attribute: color
- Query to search by color id:
color:blue - Query to search by color name:
color:"Deep Orange"
Search by the due date¶
Attribute: due
- Search tasks due today:
due:today - Search tasks due tomorrow:
due:tomorrow - Search tasks due yesterday:
due:yesterday - Search tasks due with the exact date:
due:2015-06-29 - Search tasks without a due date:
due:none
The date must use the ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD.
All string formats supported by the strtotime() function are
supported, for example next Thursday, -2 days, +2 months,
tomorrow, etc.
Operators supported with a date:
- Greater than: due:>2015-06-29
- Lower than: due:<2015-06-29
- Greater than or equal: due:>=2015-06-29
- Lower than or equal: due:<=2015-06-29
Search by modification date¶
Attribute: modified or updated
The date formats are the same as the due date.
There is also a filter by recently modified tasks:
modified:recently.
This query will use the same value as the board highlight period configured in settings.
Search by creation date with range¶
Attribute: createdRange
Date separator .. (two dots)
Example: createdRange:2018/01/21..2018/01/31 or createdRange:"2018-01-21..2018-01-31"
Search by completion date with range¶
Attribute: completedRange
Date separator .. (two dots)
Example: completedRange:2018/01/21..2018/01/31 or completedRange:"2018-01-21..2018-01-31"
Search by modification date with range¶
Attribute: updatedRange, modifiedRange
Date separator .. (two dots)
Example: updatedRange:2018/01/21..2018/01/31 or updatedRange:"2018-01-21..2018-01-31"
Search by moved date with range¶
Attribute: movedRange
Date separator .. (two dots)
Example: movedRange:2018/01/21..2018/01/31 or movedRange:"2018-01-21..2018-01-31"
Search by start date¶
Attribute: started
Search by completion¶
Attribute: completed
Search by external reference¶
The task reference is an external ID of your task, for example a ticket number from another software.
- Find tasks with a reference:
ref:1234orreference:TICKET-1234 - Wildcard search:
ref:TICKET-*
Search by category¶
Attribute: category
- Find tasks with a specific category:
category:"Feature Request" - Find all tasks that have those categories:
category:"Bug" category:"Improvements" - Find tasks with no category assigned:
category:none
Search by project¶
Attribute: project
- Find tasks by project name:
project:"My project name" - Find tasks by project id:
project:23 - Find tasks for several projects:
project:"My project A" project:"My project B"
Search by columns¶
Attribute: column
- Find tasks by column name:
column:"Work in progress" - Find tasks for several columns:
column:"Backlog" column:ready
Search by swimlane¶
Attribute: swimlane
- Find tasks by swim-lane:
swimlane:"Version 42" - Find tasks into several swim-lanes:
swimlane:"Version 1.2" swimlane:"Version 1.3"
Search by task link¶
Attribute: link
- Find tasks by link name:
link:"is a milestone of" - Find tasks into several links:
link:"is a milestone of" link:"relates to"
Search by comment¶
Attribute: comment
- Find comments that contains this title:
comment:"My comment message"
Activity Stream Search¶
Search events by task title¶
Attribute: title or none (default)
- Example:
title:"My task" - Search by task id:
#123
Search events by task status¶
Attribute: status
Search by event creator¶
Attribute: creator
Search by event creation date¶
Attribute: created
Search events by project¶
Attribute: project