Hi everyone,
I wanted to share a workaround I recently put together for recreating the nested Xray Test Repository folder hierarchy inside Jira Structure.
If you are on Jira Cloud or a newer version of Data Center, Structure has a native "Group by Xray Test Repository" generator. However, on older Data Center environments, that generator is either missing or doesn't work correctly. Furthermore, standard grouping just clumps the entire path together into one long string (e.g., /Folder1/Folder2/Folder3) instead of creating a clickable, nested hierarchy.
After a lot of trial and error with S-JQL and Expr functions that threw syntax errors (like MATCH, FIND, or modern array sizing), here is the legacy-safe method to build the folder tree manually.
The Solution: Stacked Formula Generators
To create the hierarchy, you cannot use a single grouping rule. You must use a technique called "Generator Stacking." You create a separate "Group by Formula" generator for each level of your folder depth, stacked one on top of the other in your Structure Automation panel.
We use the SPLIT function to break the path into a list, SUBARRAY to isolate the specific level, and FIRST to extract the clean text without any parentheses ().
The Step-by-Step Setup
In your Structure, click + Automation -> Group -> Formula, and add the following formulas in order from top to bottom.
Folder Level 1:
(Note: We start the subarray at index 1 to skip the blank space created by the leading slash in the Xray path).
WITH TR_Array = SPLIT(Test_Repository_Path, "/\\//") :
WITH TR_SA = SUBARRAY(TR_Array, 1, 2) :
FIRST(TR_SA)
Folder Level 2:
WITH TR_Array = SPLIT(Test_Repository_Path, "/\\//") :
WITH TR_SA = SUBARRAY(TR_Array, 2, 3) :
FIRST(TR_SA)
(You can continue adding generators and increasing the SUBARRAY numbers by 1 for as deep as your repository goes).
A Note on "No Value" Folders:
Because legacy Structure formula engines don't handle empty array indexes gracefully, you will likely see a "(No value)" folder at the bottom of your tree for tests that have shorter paths.
While not visually perfect, this method guarantees that your tests will drop into the correct, deeply-nested Xray folders (like Integration -> AIC) alongside any sibling sub-folders. This allows you to organize and view tests exactly as you would in the Xray app.
Hope this saves someone else the headache of dealing with unsupported syntax errors!
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