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Find all Child Issues of a filter / list of issues with children

Thomas
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April 9, 2026

Hi Guys,

i wanted to check if it is possible to find all child issues from a list of dynamical issues. So i have a filter with say 50 issues and I want to find all children of these 50 issues. 

 

With chilIssuesOf("") i can only hardcopy one issues by its issueKey and find the children of exactly these issues. 

 

Thanks a lot

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Rik de Valk _Brainboss_
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April 9, 2026

Hi @Thomas , 

Without Marketplace apps it is not possible to make queries that take another query as input. 

You can search on the Marketplace for apps that provide 'advanced search'. 

A famous one is Enhanced Search for Jira (Adaptavist). But there are many alternatives available. 

Have a nice day. 

Rik 

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Arkadiusz Wroblewski
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April 10, 2026

Hello and Welcome @Thomas 

This is really where you start running into the native limitations of JQL.

If the logic cannot be expressed cleanly in a single query, the usual workaround is either to export the results from two separate JQL searches and combine them outside Jira, or to use an app that offers more advanced query/reporting capabilities.

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