You can use the find query language together with all columns, types and operators in Helix Plan.
All columns in Helix Plan have a type associated with it, which defines the type of data the column contains and which operators you can use to search in it. For example, the columns Work remaining and Earned Value have the type Hours, while the Detailed description, Item name and Comments columns are of the Text type.
Keywords and parameters can be explicitly typed. This means that when Helix Plan evaluates the find query it will override the type that would otherwise have been assigned to the keyword or parameter. For example, you might want to explicitly type a keyword to Text, which will avoid it only finding items assigned to a user with the same name you want to search for as text in other fields.
For more information on how to search within specific types of column, see Column types.
You can view the query syntax associated with each column in the report editor.
The following table contains all available columns:
| Column name | Type | Example | Finds: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assign tag | Resource | Assigntag:Resource(<Resource>) | Items where the Assign tag column contains the resource <Resource> |
| Assigned to | Resource | Assignedto:Resource(<Resource>) | Items where the Assigned to column contains the resource <Resource> |
| Board column | Text | BoardColumn:Text(<Name>) | Items where the Board Column name contains <Name> |
| Board lane | Text | BoardLane:Text(<Name>) | Items where the Board Lane name contains <Name> |
| Budgeted work | Hours | Budgetedwork= <Hours> | Items where the Budgeted work column contains the value <Hours> Only available in Task scheduling projects. |
| Bug priority | Number | Bugpriority= <Number> or <Priority> | Bugs where the Bug status column contains the bug priority <Bug status> |
| Category | Backlog category | Category= <Backlog category> | Items where the Category column contains the category <Backlog category> |
| Color | Text | Color=<Color> | Items where the Color column contains the color <Color> |
| Comments | Text | Comments:Text(<Text>) | Items that contain <Text> in the comment section |
| Committed to | Item | Committedto:Item(<Item>) | Items where the Committed to column contains <Item> |
| Confidence | Confidence | Confidence= <Confidence> | Items where the Confidence column contains <Confidence> |
| Custom column date | Time | MyColumn= <Time> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains <Time> |
| Custom column drop list | Custom column drop list | MyColumn= <CustomColumnDroplist> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the droplist choice <CustomColumnDroplist> |
| Custom column Function | Number | MyColumn:<Number> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the number <Number> |
| Custom column hyperlink | Text | MyColumn:<Text> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the text <Text> |
| Custom column multi line text | Text | MyColumn:<Text> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the text <Text> |
| Custom column number | Number | Mycolumn:<Number> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the number <Number> |
| Custom column users | Resource | MyColumn:<Resource> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the resource <Resource> |
| Custom column text | Text | MyColumn:<Text> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the text <Text> |
| Database ID | Number | DatabaseID= <Number> | Items where the MyColumn custom column contains the number <Number> |
| Description | Text | Description:Text(<Text>) | Bugs where the Description field contains <Text> Only available in the QA view. |
| Detailed description | Text | Detaileddescription:Text(<Text>) | Bugs where the Detailed description field contains <Text> Only available in the QA view. |
| Duration | Days | Duration= <Days> | Items where the Duration column contains a value equal to <Days> |
| Earned value | Hours | Earnedvalue= <Hours> | Items where the Earned value column contains <Hours> |
| Estimated days | Days | Estimateddays= <Days> | Items where the Estimated ideal days column contains a value equal to <Days> |
| Finish | Time | Finish= <Time> | Items where the Finish column contains the date <Time> Only available in Task scheduling projects. |
| General condition - Hidden | Boolean | GeneralconditionHidden= true | Items marked as hidden |
| General condition - Assigned to me | Boolean | GeneralconditionAssignedtome= true | Items assigned to me |
| General condition - Deleted | Boolean | GeneralconditionDeleted= true | Items that have been deleted |
| General condition - Epic | Boolean | GeneralconditionEpic= true | Items that have been flagged as epics |
| General condition - Has sub items | Boolean | GeneralconditionHassubitems= true | Items that have sub-items (e.g., they are parents) |
| General condition - Has users | Boolean | GeneralconditionHasusers= true | Items that have users |
| General condition - In current sprint | Boolean | GeneralconditionIncurrentsprint= true | Items that are in the current sprint |
| General condition - Not assigned | Boolean | GeneralconditionNotassigned= true | Items that are not assigned |
| General condition - Ongoing assigned tasks | Boolean | GeneralconditionOngoingassignedtasks= true | All non-complete assigned tasks where the current date is between the start and end dates of the task/sprint. |
| General condition - Ongoing work | Boolean | GeneralconditionOngoingwork= true | All non-complete items (sprints, sub projects, tasks) where the current date is between the start and end date of the task/sprint. In the case of releases, returns all non-complete releases occurring on or after the current date. |
| General condition - Out of office task | Boolean | GeneralconditionOutofofficetask= true | Items set to out of office tasks |
| General condition - Release overdue | Boolean | GeneralconditionReleaseoverdue= true | Items with overdue release dates |
| General condition - User story | Boolean | GeneralconditionUserstory= true | Items with an attached user story |
| Hyperlink | Text | Hyperlink:Text(<Text>) | Items where the Hyperlink column contains the text <Text> |
| ID | Number | ID= <Number> | Items where the ID column contains a value equal to <Number> Use the ID column to see the item ID. The item ID follows the order that items are added. |
| Immediate parent sub projects | Item | Immediateparentsubproject:Item(<Item>) | <Item>s immediate sub-projects |
| Immediate sub items | Item | Immediatesubitems:Item(<Item>) | Items that have a set of direct sub-items that match the specified set of items |
| Item name / description | Text | Itemname:Text(<Text>) | Items where the Item name column contains the text <Text> |
| Item type | Item type | Itemtype= <Item type> | Items of the type <Item type> |
| Last commented on | Time | Lastcommentedon= <Time> | Items where the Last commented on column contains the date <Time> |
| Last read comments | Time | Lastreadcomments= <Time> | Items where the last comment was read on the date <Time> |
| Last updated by | Resource | LastUpdatedBy=Resource(<Resource>) | Items where the Last updated by column contains the resource <Resource> |
| Last updated on | Time | Lastupdatedon= <Time> | Items where the Last updated on column contains the date <Time> |
| Leaf sub items | Item | Leafsubitems:Item(<Item>) | Items with a set of leaf sub-items recursively (e.g., they do not have any children) that matches the specified set of items |
| Level | Number | Level<3 |
Items in the first three hierarchy levels: 0, 1, 2 |
| Linked to item | Item | Linkedtoitem:Text(<Item>) | Items where the Linked to item column contains the item <Item> |
| Originally created / reported by | Resource | Originallycreatedby= Resource(<Resource>) | Items where the Originally created by column contains the resource <Resource> |
| Originally created on | Time | Originallycreatedon= <Time> | Items where the Originally created on column contains the date <Time> |
| Parent sub projects | Item | Parentsubprojects:Item(<Item>) | Items with a parent set that matches the specified set of items |
| Pipeline tasks - Can start now | Boolean | PipelinetasksCanstartnow= true | Items with a pipeline that can be initiated If the entire pipeline has been completed, it will not be returned using this syntax. |
| Pipeline or Workflow | Workflow / pipeline and status | PipelineorWorkflow= MyPipeline | Items with an attached pipeline or workflow named MyPipeline |
| Points | Points | Points= <Points> | Items where the Points column contains a value equal to <Points> |
| Predecessor | Item | Predecessor= <Item> | Items with predecessor items named item <Item> Only available in Task scheduling projects. |
| Product backlog priority | Number | Productbacklogpriority= <Number> OR <Priority> | Items where the Product backlog priority column contains a value equal to <Number>/<Priority> |
| Project | Project | Project= <Project> | All projects named <Project> Useful when filters items in the Portfolio view. |
| Release tag | Text | Releasetag:<Text> | Items where the Release tag column contains the item status <Text> |
| Risk | Risk | Risk= <Risk> | Items where the Risk column contains the risk value <Risk> |
| Scheduled condition - Completed | Boolean | ScheduledconditionCompleted= true | Scheduled tasks that are currently completed |
| Scheduled condition - Critical path | Boolean | ScheduledconditionCriticalpath= true | Scheduled tasks that are currently on a critical path |
| Scheduled condition - In progress | Boolean | ScheduledconditionInprogress= true | Scheduled tasks that are currently in progress |
| Scheduled condition - Incomplete | Boolean | ScheduledconditionIncomplete = true | Scheduled tasks that are currently incomplete |
| Scheduled condition - Not started yet | Boolean | ScheduledconditionNotstartedyet= true | Scheduled tasks that have not started yet |
| Scheduled condition - Overdue | Boolean | ScheduledconditionOverdue= true | Scheduled tasks that are overdue |
| Severity | Number | Severity= <Number> OR <Severity> | Items where the Severity column contains a value equal to <Number>/<Severity> Only available in the QA view. |
| Sprint priority | Number | Sprintpriority= <Number> OR <Priority> | Items where the Sprint priority column contains a value equal to <Number>/<Priority> |
| Start | Time | Start= <Time> | Items where the Start column contains the date <Time> Only available in Task scheduling projects. |
| Status | Item status | Status= <Item status> | Items where the Status column contains the item status <Item status> |
| Steps to reproduce | Text | Stepstoreproduce:Text(<Text>) | Bugs where the Steps to reproduce field contains the text <Text> Only available in the QA view. |
| Sub items | Item | Subitems:Item(<Item>) | Items with a sub item named <Item> |
| Sub project path | Text | Subprojectpath:Text(<Text>) | Sub project path for items that contain the string <Text> within their name |
| Successor | Item | Successor= <Item> | Items with successor items named <Item> Only available in Task scheduling projects. |
| User name | Resource | Username:Resource(<Resource>) | Items where the User name column contains the resource <Resource> |
| User story | Text | Userstory:Text(<Text>) | Items where the User story column contains the text <Text> |
| Watch | Resource | Watch:Resource(<Resource>) | Items where the Watch column contains the resource <Resource> |
| WBS | Text | WBS=>"2.1" | Items where the WBS column begins with "2.1" |
| Work remaining | Hours | Workremaining= <Hours> | Items where the Work remaining column contains a value equal to <Hours> |
| Workflow status set by user | Resource | (Userthatchangedtoworkflowstatus<ProjectName><WorkflowName><Workflowstatus>:Resource("<Resource>")) | Items where a specified user changed to a specified workflow status |
| Workflow status set on date | Time | Timewhenworkflowstatus<ProjectName> <WorkflowName><WorkflowStatus>wasset = <Time> | Items where a specified workflow status was set on a specified date |