How to filter Acceptance Criteria Checklist assignee

[Bernhard]

As JIRA user,
i want to filter for issues where I'm assigned to a acc,
in order to create an overview of my open acc in issues in which I'm not the issue assignee.

[Bernhard · Accepted solution]

I was able to solve it with the JQL:

"Acceptance Criteria Checklist" = itemSearch("Assignee = currentUser()")

[Jason U]

Hi @Bernhard,

It sounds like your checklist items aren’t managed through an app (like HeroCoders’ Acceptance Criteria for Jira), but rather stored manually — for example, as notes in the description or a custom field.
If that’s the case, Jira can’t detect those “assignees” as actual user fields, which is why JQL filtering doesn’t work.

Here are two practical ways to structure this in native Jira:

1. Use Custom Fields for Responsibility Tracking
   You can create dedicated custom user fields, such as:

   • Design Owner

   • Development Owner

   • Testing Owner
     This way, each field can have a different assignee for the same issue, and you can easily filter them in JQL — e.g.:

   "Development Owner" = bernhard

2. Use Sub-tasks for Each Acceptance Item
   If each checklist item represents a real piece of work, you can convert or create them as sub-tasks.
   Each sub-task can then have its own assignee, status, and due date.
   You can even automate this using Jira Automation — for instance, when an issue is created with certain labels or templates, Jira automatically generates predefined sub-tasks like Design, Development, Testing, etc.

Both of these options allow you to build proper filtering and reporting later, without depending on add-ons.

[Jason U]

One quick follow-up: if your Acceptance Criteria Checklist is powered by a specific app (or any extra feature), could you mention which one?

Once we know the app, we can give a precise filter or workaround.

[Olga Cheban _TitanApps_]

hi @Bernhard ! 

I'm not sure how exactly you manage your acceptance criteria checklists (with Jira action items in the task description or with a specialized app).

But I can recommend a solution - you can filter out work items where you are assigned to checklists, but are not a work item assignee. This can be done with the help of our solution, Smart Checklist for Jira. 

It allows you to tag responsible people in a checklist as a whole or in individual checklist items. Then, you can view a list of all issues where you are tagged in a checklist.

Here's what it looks like. A person is tagged in the acceptance criteria checklist (created with Smart Checklist for Jira):




A tab listing all the issues where you are tagged in a checklist:

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions

[Valerie Knapp]

Hi @Bernhard , thanks for your post.

Is the Acceptance Criteria Checklist inside of the description or are you using a plugin for this? How do you know you are assigned to the Acceptance Criteria Checklist? Are you mentioned with the @?

Best wishes