Support feedback: When I use JPQL (Open JPA Query Lang) and do this... entityManager.createQuery ("select u from User u where u.status "); Intellij looks at the persistence model and does auto-sense on the query. It knows all the properties and works like a CHAMP! However, as soon as I append a string to the end, ALL of the auto-sense is turned off. String orderbyclause = "€œorder by u.status"; entityManager.createQuery ("select u from User u where u.status " + orderbyclause ); This has to be a bug. I wouldn'€™t expect it to correct the Attached String ( orderbyclause ), but I would still expect it to work on the "select u from User u where u.status " and it does not.