Jira Tips and Tricks Collection: Finding All Child Items

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Tip Relates To

Application Type	Jira, Jira Service Management
Deployment Type	Cloud Premium
Audience	End Users
Category	Work Items, Reporting

Tip

Looking for a list of all work items related to an Epic, Feature, Initiative, or other high-level Jira item? Use a query like: issuekey in portfolioChildIssuesOf(ITEM-1) to return the list.

Bonus: Also return the parent item and and any items linked to it with a query like: key = ITEM-1 or issuekey in portfolioChildIssuesOf("ITEM-1") or issue in linkedIssues(ITEM-1) ORDER BY key ASC

Explanation

It is surprisingly difficult to query for child work items! Luckily, the Jira Plans feature (once called called "Portfolio for Jira") introduced a JQL function that can do it.

Note: This function only works in Cloud Premium.

Resources

• Searching for issues using Portfolio issue details – https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiraportfolioserver0210/searching-for-issues-using-portfolio-issue-details-943538363.html

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