Jira Timeline Filter by Labels

[Mert Denizman]

Let's say I have electricity and water as labels. Also I have Chicago and London as labels.

I filter by choosing water and Chicago. But if London has water label it comes up too. I don't want that. How can I?

[Walter Buggenhout · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mert Denizman and welcome to the Community!

I suppose this is happening when you select labels from the clickable options in the filter list on the timeline view?

This is because selecting labels there is automatically applying an 'OR' clause to your selection. There's not much you can do to manipulate that behaviour.

In the All Work view, you can create filters any way you like to achieve the exact results you are after, using JQL to search there. The following filter should return the desired results there:

labels = water AND labels = Chicago

You can also add that filter as a quick filter to the board in your project, which should then make it available to filter your timeline accordingly. But that only make sense if this is a selection you make recurringly (as it is not so flexible to adjust).

Hope this helps!