How to filter by due date in jira advanced roadmap timeline

[henry_bersani]

I have an advanced roadmap for tracking work across a number of separate boards. I want to create a filter in the timeline view where I can see all the items (down to the subtask level) which have due dates in the next two weeks (or by x date). Is there currently a way to easily do this? Timeline filters in plans seem limited in function.

[Ivan Manolov _Appfire_]

@henry_bersani you've hit one of the genuine limitations of Plans filters. The timeline view doesn't support a direct "due date is within the next X days" filter - you can only adjust the date range the viewport shows, or filter by sprint/release as @Walter Buggenhout  mentioned. Neither maps cleanly to "give me everything due in the next two weeks."

Your duplicated-plan approach is a reasonable workaround. A few thoughts to make it more maintainable:

• Use a saved filter as the plan source rather than hard-coding issue criteria in the plan scope. That way you edit the JQL in one place (due <= 2w AND resolution is EMPTY) and the plan picks up the updated results automatically — no need to change the plan itself every two weeks.
• The JQL due <= endOfDay("+14d") AND resolution is EMPTY AND issuetype in subTaskIssueTypes() will target subtasks specifically, though Plans may still roll them up under their parents depending on your hierarchy settings.
• If you need the full hierarchy visible (epics → stories → subtasks) but only want to highlight items due soon, the Date Range zoom combined with a quick filter on a label (set via automation, like due-soon) can get you part of the way there.

The underlying feature gap - a native "due within N days" timeline filter - is something worth upvoting in the Atlassian suggestions portal.

Cheers,

Ivan

[Ivan Manolov _Appfire_]

@henry_bersani one more option worth mentioning, in case the duplicated-plan approach becomes unwieldy over time.

If you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, JXL for Jira gives you a hierarchical list view across multiple projects where you can filter directly on due date - including relative filters like "due in the next 14 days." The view shows the full parent-child structure (epic → story → subtask) so you see overdue or upcoming items in context, without needing to maintain a duplicate plan.

It's not a Gantt timeline, so if the visual bar chart is essential to your workflow it won't replace Plans entirely. But for the "what's due soon across all my boards" question it's a more direct answer than workarounding Plan filters.

Disclosure: I work for the team that builds JXL.

Cheers,

Ivan

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @henry_bersani,

Not exactly on due date. Although there's a number of things you can do as a sort of workaround:

• You can apply a filter on Date Range, which zooms in on items with the configured date fields of your plan within that range. Those fields usually are start date and due date.
• If you use sprints in your boards, your due dates get aligned with the end dates of your sprints, so you could filter by sprint to achieve similar results
• Similarly, if you assign work to releases aligned with work items' due dates, you could also filter by release

Hope this helps! 

[henry_bersani]

Thanks @Walter Buggenhout 

Date range didn't work for some reason even though configured date fields are start and due date. Boards are split across different teams so they have different sprints, and we don't use releases for this work.

I think I have a workaroudn though. I've duplicated the plan and applied a source filter that includes the labels all the work items use and a defined delivery date which I'll change every couple of weeks for reporting purposes. This seems to be working and my understanding is that changes to the issues wil be carried over to the duplicate plan.