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Navigate to your Jira administration, section Issues.
Head to the sub-section Fields - Natural Searchers.
On this screen you can see where the Natural Searchers are used.
Using the drop-down in the upper right corner, you can select which text field you want to configure.
Press the Configure button to start the configuration of a selected field.
Here you can configure the type of Search Template you want to use for your field.
Choose Free Text Searcher (natural) for fields to be used for searching and ordering using numerical by values in text fields. For when you need to have “keys” to search for in a text field, but do not want to use option list.
Choose Exact Text Searcher (natural) for fields to be usable used in gadgets for statistical values. Searcher does not offer LIKE operator when searching for Issues.
When finished, click on Update to confirm the configuration.
Afterwards, the system will ask you to perform a re-index. Follow the on-screen instructions to perform re-indexing for the changes to take effect.
The field you just configured will show on the Overview screen.
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