Create a filter in a board based on all Stories under an Initiative

Question

I have a Kanban Board, and I want to configure it to add a filter.  The filter I want is just to display all stories of an Initiative.

In the JQL I have tried    issuekey in childIssuesOf("GWT-73")   Where GWT-73 is the reference after I created the initiative.

Our hierarchy is Initiative - Epics - Stories .  so it needs to include all the stories from all the epics for a given Initiative.

I am new to this, I don't know if I need any plugins.  I have seen that some people have mentioned "Portfolio" but that means nothing to me either.  Is it something else I shoudl have installed.  I have looked it up, and it doesnt seem to fit what we are doing, I just want to be able to filter on a given initiative.

Thanks in advance

Andy

April_Delay · Answer

This worked for me!

Tarun Sapra · Answer

Hello @Andy Bayford

As you mention

"I am unsure as to your question regarding Epics, we have Initiative at the top, and then to complete the intiative you need to complete the epics, and to complete the epics you need to complete the stories"

But from a implementation point of view, how are the epics connected to your initiative at the level of Jira, is it through the "parent link" field ?

Andy Bayford · Answer

Sadly that didnt work.

I can see that we have had Portfolio in the past, but have upgraded so now it is incompatible.  (we are on 7.13) and 2.1.2 of Portfolio, but I can also see that it is going to cost us in excess of 16k to upgrade to the latest version in order to get the update.  That seems a lot of money to sort out a filter.  Is there any other way this filter can be created

I am unsure as to your question regarding Epics, we have Initiative at the top, and then to complete the intiative you need to complete the epics, and to complete the epics you need to complete the stories.