Create a filter in a board based on all Stories under an Initiative

[Andy Bayford]

I have a Kanban Board, and I want to configure it to add a filter.  The filter I want is just to display all stories of an Initiative.  

In the JQL I have tried    issuekey in childIssuesOf("GWT-73")   Where GWT-73 is the reference after I created the initiative. 

Our hierarchy is Initiative - Epics - Stories .  so it needs to include all the stories from all the epics for a given Initiative.

I am new to this, I don't know if I need any plugins.  I have seen that some people have mentioned "Portfolio" but that means nothing to me either.  Is it something else I shoudl have installed.  I have looked it up, and it doesnt seem to fit what we are doing, I just want to be able to filter on a given initiative.

Thanks in advance

Andy 

[Tarun Sapra]

Hello @Andy Bayford 

Does this work for you

issuekey in childIssuesOf("GWT-73") and type = story

Here the JQL function is coming from the porfolio plugin, thus please validate if this works for you or not. Portfolio is a plugin which you can check if you have installed or not in the "Manage apps" section, also the option "Portfolio" is available in the top navigation bar in case the plugin is installed.

And how is the epic connected to initiative in your instance by which link?

[Andy Bayford]

Sadly that didnt work.

I can see that we have had Portfolio in the past, but have upgraded so now it is incompatible.  (we are on 7.13) and 2.1.2 of Portfolio, but I can also see that it is going to cost us in excess of 16k to upgrade to the latest version in order to get the update.  That seems a lot of money to sort out a filter.  Is there any other way this filter can be created

I am unsure as to your question regarding Epics, we have Initiative at the top, and then to complete the intiative you need to complete the epics, and to complete the epics you need to complete the stories.

[Tarun Sapra]

Hello @Andy Bayford 

As you mention

"I am unsure as to your question regarding Epics, we have Initiative at the top, and then to complete the intiative you need to complete the epics, and to complete the epics you need to complete the stories"

But from a implementation point of view, how are the epics connected to your initiative at the level of Jira, is it through the "parent link" field ?

[April_Delay]

This worked for me!