# Searching for issues in email templates

<mark style="color:green;">SINCE 7.1.2</mark>

Email This Issue allows template developers to search for issues and render them into the email using the template support API.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: JQL query can be generated  dynamically using the information of the current issue or user.
{% endhint %}

## Getting the first issue that matches a JQL query <a href="#searchforissuesinemailtemplates-getthefirstissuethatmatchesajqlquery" id="searchforissuesinemailtemplates-getthefirstissuethatmatchesajqlquery"></a>

The following example searches for the first issue matching the JQL query.

```
#set($firtstIssue = $!templateSupport.firstIssueMatchingJQL("project = $issue.projectObject.key AND assignee=$!currentUser.name AND priority = Highest ORDER BY rank"))

$!firstIssue.summary
```

## Checking if an issue matches a JQL query <a href="#searchforissuesinemailtemplates-checkifanissuematchesajqlquery" id="searchforissuesinemailtemplates-checkifanissuematchesajqlquery"></a>

Sometimes is necessary to develop conditional templates based on complex issue attributes.

```
#if($!templateSupport.issueMatchesJQL("mycustomfield = somevalue AND component=ImportantComponent", $!issue) 
## do something...
#end
```

## Finding issues using JQL  <a href="#searchforissuesinemailtemplates-findissuesusingjql" id="searchforissuesinemailtemplates-findissuesusingjql"></a>

Fetch and iterate through the list of issues matching a JQL query.

```
#set($searchResults = $!templateSupport.searchForIssuesByJQL("project=IT AND resolution=Unresolved", 10))
  #foreach($result in $searchResults.getResults())
$velocityCount - $!result.key (comments: $!result.comments.size())
  #end
```


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.meta-inf.hu/email-this-issue/email-this-issue-for-jira-server-data-center/documentation/outgoing-emails/email-templates/searching-for-issues-in-email-templates.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.