How to display Epics, Stories, Tasks & Sub-Tasks under a Portfolio Epic in backlog section?

[Rakshatha Shetty]

I need to list down Epics, Stories, Tasks & Sub-Tasks under a particular Portfolio Epic in Backlog.

Tries to below JQL query:

(project = <projectkey> AND "Parent Portfolio Epic" = <key>) AND (issuetype = Story OR issuetype = Sub-Task OR issuetype = Epic)

It just returns the stories. Is there a way to do it?

[Tarun Sapra · Accepted solution]

Hello @Rakshatha Shetty 

You can use the following query to list all the child issues of an portfolio type.

issuekey in childIssuesOf("ABC-248")

here ABC-248 is the key of the issue which is present in portfolio and will display all it's children 

[Rakshatha Shetty]

Hi @Tarun Sapra ,

Thanks for your response!

The query is reverting the Stories & Epics present under the particular Portfolio Epic. Stories have few sub-tasks associated with it. Is it possible to list down sub-tasks as well?

[Tarun Sapra]

Hello @Rakshatha Shetty 

Which version of JIra and portfolio do you have, as using the above query I am getting the sub-tasks of the stories as well.

[Rakshatha Shetty]

Hi @Tarun Sapra ,

I'm using JIRA 8.2.1 & Portfolio 3.3.1.

I have created a quick filter for the board using the query & trying to access it in the backlog section. I hope I've done it right.

[Tarun Sapra]

Hello @Rakshatha Shetty 

In the backlog section you don't see sub-tasks, this is a Jira feature which is why you are not able to see the sub-tasks in backlog.

This has been discussed many times on the community.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-Display-Sub-Task-below-the-Parent-Task-in-the-Backlog/qaq-p/262062

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Show-subtasks-on-Jira-Agile-Planning-Boards/qaq-p/455277

If you feel my answer helped you, please accept/upvote . thanks.

[Rakshatha Shetty]

Hi @Tarun Sapra

That makes sense. As per my understanding the query should display the sub-tasks on the sprint board. I guess it is working that way for you. But the query isn't returning the sub-tasks on the sprint board as well for me. Any idea on what could be wrong?

Thanks,

Rakshatha

[Tarun Sapra]

Hello @Rakshatha Shetty 

Can you check if the query is returning sub-tasks in the issue navigator view? and please share screenshot of the board configuration and column configuration. It should ideally display sub-tasks on the active sprint view and not the backlog view of the board.

[Rakshatha Shetty]

Hi @Tarun Sapra

The query is now returning expected results. Thanks for the help.

Thanks,

Rakshatha