Is it possible to nest a filter inside another JQL query with native Jira Cloud?

Michael McPadden_hpdu4x

I created a verbose filter that I would like to use to use as a clause in several other filters. This verbose filter that I want to nest, often changes so abstracting it out into a separate filter would be far easier to maintain.

But when I go to nest the filter inside of my other filters, the query doesn't work. The syntax I'm using is "... filter = <verbose filter name>... "

Is this something that native Jira Cloud doesn't support? If so, does anyone know of a free plug in that would support this nesting?

 

Ivan Lima

Hi @Michael McPadden, you can create a saved filter that invokes another filter by name or id - which is a safer option since that name can change. Have a look at the Advanced search reference – JQL fields. There are a few things to have in mind when you're referencing other filters that you'll find under the notes, in the Filter section of the docs I mentioned.

This is an excerpt from the docs as an example:

Search the results of the filter "My Saved Filter" (which has an ID of 12000) for issues assigned to the user jsmith:
filter =&nbsp;"My Saved Filter"&nbsp;and assignee = jsmith<br>or<br>filter =&nbsp;12000&nbsp;and assignee = jsmith

I hope that helps.
IL.