Swimlanes based on Themes

[stephan_lewis]

In the same manner that you can have swimlanes organized by Epics on a Board is there a way to have this same behavior for a Theme?

I tried creating a few custom Queries but was not successful.

Any ideas?

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @stephan_lewis 

You can only do that by using Queries for swimlanes.

You then need to construct a JQL for each Theme individually to get all the issues under that Theme; i.e.

issues in portfolioChildrenOf(THEME-1)

issues in portfolioChildrenOf(THEME-2)

etc.

[stephan_lewis]

I tried using it and got a message

Field "issues" does not exist or you do not have permission to view it.

I'm running the Enterprise version of Jira with Advanced Roadmaps. I can query by Themes with out a problem. Not sure why I wouldn't have the "issues" field. Is this one of those ScriptRunner fields? I do have ScriptRunner as well - but not sure if would apply in this case.

[Trudy Claspill]

My bad - typo. That should be issue - singular. And quotes may be needed around the Theme issue key.

EDITED: I'm on a roll. Used the wrong function name also.

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/search-for-advanced-roadmaps-custom-fields-in-jql/#Child-issues

issue in portfolioChildIssuesOf("THEME-1")

[Trudy Claspill]

I'm on a roll - used the wrong function name also. I edited my previous answer.

[stephan_lewis]

That worked and also gave me both the Epics and the Tasks.

I tried a variation that only gave me the Tasks (which I think is what I want for my board).

Parent IN (portfolioChildIssueOf(“DQMS-313”)) only shows the Tasks

either way I'm on a roll thanks to Trudy

[Trudy Claspill]

You can also restrict what you get thus:

issue in portfolioChildIssuesOf("THEME-1") and issueType=Task

[rajeswari saravanan]

Hi @stephan_lewis / @Trudy Claspill 

I have a similar issue where we use Theme as higher hierarchy then epic,

we use cloud!

Like in every board we do have epic panel, when clicking it,issues will display under epic. As same I need to configure when clicking theme (issues under it) need to be displayed.

using below jql i need to specify the theme issue but is there a way to get all the issue under theme

issue in portfolioChildIssuesOf("THEME-1")

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @rajeswari saravanan 

The JQL you have will work to get all child issues at all levels under THEME-1 assuming you are using a Premium or Enterprise version of Jira Cloud. Note that is child issues, not generically linked issues.

If that is not working for you, please start a new question providing the full details of your scenario and an explanation and evidence to demonstrate how it is failing to work.