JQL Query to find child issues of an Epic
"Epic Link" = ABC-123
this will give you all stories/tasks associated w/ the specific epic
JQL Search Extensions for Jira & reports can help you to get all issues with sub tasks for epic
for example
Following query will get all issues and sub tasks related to the epic id "test-24" , please see the attached image.
issue in allIssuesInEpic(test-24)
here is the documentation link for all queries.
https://jqlsearchextensions.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SEARCH/pages/30497099/JQL+Reference+Server#JQLReference(Server)-LinkedIssueType
Hey Jack,
this doesn't give me the sub-tasks tho.
Any idea how to get those?
Thanks
You can’t achieve that out of the box. There are many posts in the community discussing this matter. Here is a good example that might help explain options - JQL-Query-Sub-Tasks-Parent-Epic-or-User-Story
basically you’ll need an add-on to achieve this.
I found how to do it!
there's a command called parentEpic, it does exactly this:
parentEpic in (EPIC-1, EPIC-2)
it's built into Jira, no need for external add-ons
This just return the epic in the parentheses to me. Not the child issues.
parentEpic is strange function. I don't see it in documentation page From other side there is function "Epic Link" = YourEpicKey that should return list of children issues.But it returns epic's children only, not sub-tasks if they are present for Epic,
Achieved with the help of Chat GPT:
I needed to embed a table into Confluence using JQL, but with the Epic from another project and only viewing the sub-tasks under it. Basically a risk log for RAID tracking.
Here’s the JQL query that worked for me:
project = "Project Name" AND issuetype = Paste Issue Type AND (("Epic Link" = EPIC-##) OR (parent = EPIC-##)) ORDER BY created DESC
This query combines both the `Epic Link` and `parent` filters to ensure all relevant issues are captured. Just replace `"Project Name"`, `Paste Issue Type`, and `EPIC-##` with your specific project name, issue type, and Epic key.
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Hey @Aaron Thomas , do you know in a Jira filter what portion of your query I would run to get the children and grandchildren of an Epic or a task ? My Jira (on the web) keeps telling me that ("Epic Link") will be replaced by PARENT soon
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