Group by only selected labels in Structure

Question

I have issues with multiple labels in my structure.

Group of each issues have L1, L2,L3,L4.

Group of issues have L1,L2,M1,M3

when I group by labels, I want to only group by labels (L1,M1) not group by all labels. How can we do that in a structure?

Now if I apply group by labels it groups by at all levels:

L1

L2

L3

L4

M1

M3

with duplicates. Im ok with duplicates but need only specified labels to be grouped.

Dave Rosenlund (Trundl) · Answer

Hi, @Sam. To add to what @Egor Tasa [ALM Works]  has already said on this subject, I'd add that grouping by labels may not be the way you want to go in the long run.

In my experience, customers that start down this path (using labels to group/organize things) often forgo it due to labels being a free text field (and other limitations).  Human error (typos, etc.) are common.

Instead, think about using Components. There's a great deal already written on this subject ("Labels vs. Components") here, StackOverflow, etc.

Hope this helps,

-dave [ALM Works]

Egor Tasa [ALM Works] · Answer

Hi Sam,

At the moment it is not possible, though we have improvements in the backlog that will make it possible. Currently, you can hide labels using S_JQL filter, for example, item(label, M1) or item(label, M3) but that may be not very comfortable to type and change when more labels become available.

Regards,
Egor Tasa

ALM Works