Filter issues with no blocking link

[Zach Norris]

I've read many forum posts around issue link filtering but I can't seem to get ( issueLinkType != "is blocked by") to return any results. Although I have plenty that ought to match. The filter ( issueLinkType = "is blocked by") does return the expected results.

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello @Zach Norris

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Indeed, the parameter "issueLinkType" return inconsistent results when using the operators "!=" and "NOT IN". We created the following bug to fix this unexpected behavior:

JQL issueLinkType is inconsistent when using != or NOT IN operators 

Feel free to vote and watch the bug to increase its priority and also receive notifications about its fix implementation.

As an option, you can use the workaround noted in JRACLOUD-72795 and do a filter "!=" reference to a saved filter to exclude any issue with the setlist of link types, like the following:

• Create a saved filter including a list of all the current link types EXE:

  saved filter = issueLinkType in ("all", "of", "the Issue Link Type Names", "as a comma separated", "List", "using Both the" "Outward Description" "And" "Inward Description")

• Then in your final JQL:

  Project = "Project A" AND filter != <filter_ID>

Let us know if you have any questions.

[Zach Norris]

Thank you very much for the detailed response.