Use subquery as parameter for function

Question

Hi! I'm trying something with two filters, I need to get all issues that have a certain value in one field, but calling this inside a parentEpic() to pass them as a parameter.

The filter A gets all issues that have the field "Company" filled with the name of a certain company, in my scenario, they'll get only the epics.

The filter B is using the parentEpic for every issue that the Filter A has returned, like a subquery.

I saw others post about it but I couldn't understand it quite.

I don't know if it's something possible, the objective here is to retrieve those issues (story or subtask) for a report, so I'm open to suggestions.

So long and thanks for all the fish!

Jack Brickey · Accepted Answer

You can leverage the “filter” JQL function.

example

company filter - project = 123 and company = acme

then...

filter = company and parentepic = aaa

Ignacio Pulgar · Accepted Answer

Hi Tiago,

Unfortunately, parentEpic function does not support a subquery as a parameter.

Sample queries that could be of help in a workaround solution include:

* parentEpic in (EPIC-1, EPIC-2, EPIC-3)
* parentEpic in issueHistory()
* parentEpic in votedIssues()
* parentEpic in watchedIssues()

A several-steps solution would be required in either case.

Assuming you do not currently watch any epics, the easiest workaround would be:

* Execute a query like: type = Epic AND Company = IBM
* Bulk change the resulting epics so that you start watching them.
* Execute this query: type in (Story, Sub-task) AND parentEpic in watchedIssues()

After following these steps, you would get the issues you want.

If you were previously watching any other Epics -and if unwatching them is a valid option for you- then you might consider unwatching them all at once in a similar way, through a bulk change after querying all epics in the Jira instance, if necessary.

You may want to set the Company field of the issues returned by the query of step 3 for the info to be better accessible the next time, or, alternatively, export the results to Excel/csv for capturing the issues that are needed for your report.

Hope it helps.