Custom field cannot be found if empty/null

[Pietros]

Hi,

I have added a new mandatory field. Now I want to find older issues which do not have this field set so I can set it. But "FieldName is EMPTY" (or null, or using = ) does not work.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

What type of field is it, and what do you mean by "does not work"?  An error?  No results?  Where did you add the field to (was it global?)

[Pietros]

Sorry:

the type is radiobutton, it is not global. There are no result when I search with "is empty" or null.

[Udo Brand]

Have you done a reindex after adding this new custom field?