To create a new filter, you will first have to construct and execute your search query. You can do this with any of the three available search options provided in Jira, but please note that the search result must bring you to the Issue Navigator page. If you are using the quick search option and search by issue key, you will not be able to create a filter.

Once you have executed your query, regardless of whether it brings back any result, you will be able to create a new filter based on the executed search:

1. Browse to the Issue Navigator page
2. Construct and execute a search query in Jira
3. Click on the Save as button at the top
4. Enter a meaningful name for the filter
5. Click on the Submit button to create the filter

Once you have created the filter, all your search parameters will be saved. In the future, when you rerun the saved filter, Jira will retrieve the updated results based on the same parameters.

Take note that you need to click on the New filter button to start a new search if you have created a filter. Since the issue navigator remembers your last search, if you were working with an existing filter, without starting a new search, you will, in fact, be modifying the current filter instead.