LinkedIssues using a filter or multiple values

Michael Simmons_qf6o8s

Hi All,

Here is what I am trying to do. I have Project 1 Epic A. The Epic is linked (relates to) Project 2 Epic B. What I want to do, though, is to create a query to view all issues under Epic B, based on Epic A (show me all user stories for any epic linked to Epic A).

I have a solution to get the results for this, which is the following:

issueLink in (linkedIssues(MET-2)) AND Type = Story ORDER BY "Epic Link"

However, I need multiple Epics (MET-2 and MET-3) so I came up with this:

issueLink in(linkedIssues(MET-2)) OR issueLink in(linkedissues(MET-3)) AND Type = Story ORDER BY "Epic Link"

This, though, will become unwieldy if I have many Epics to reference, so I'm trying to do something along the lines of

(linkedIssues(MET-2, MET3))

This, though, is not supported. I read in a few threads that I could use a filter, but this does not seem to work for me. Here is what I did regarding the filter, but it does not work:

issueLink in (linkedIssues('filter = "MetaScrum Epics"')) AND Type = Story ORDER BY "Epic Link"

I have tried every method of single and double quote combinations (including none and one at a time) that I can think of, but I only get this error each time:

Issue 'filter = "MetaScrum Epics"' could not be found in function 'linkedIssues'.

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help!

PS. I cannot use a plugin for various reasons, and this is Jira Cloud.

PSS. Be sure to copy the above and put it into your JQL Notes in case you need it sometime

Andy Heinzer

Hi Michael,

I think I understand what you are trying to do here with JQL in Jira Cloud.  However the linkedIssue function in Jira is not able to accept a filter as part of the input to that function.  That function only accepts specific issue keys that you enter there.  We have an existing feature request over in JRACLOUD-21936 that I think best encompasses what you want to be able to do here.

I would recommend watching that issue and voting there.  There is no guarantee that Atlassian will implement this, but that issue can be helpful for our team to help understand new feature priorities.

As for the other threads you mentioned, I fear that perhaps you have stumbled upon some JQL functions provided by a 3rd party plugin to Jira.  For example, the Scriptrunner app (at least the server version, not sure about Cloud) offers a JQL function called linkedIssuesOf() which is very similar in nature to our linkedIssue function.  The major difference is that it does accept a subquery or filter when you use it.  I know you stated that you were not interested in a plugin solution here, but for your specific ask here, I do not believe Jira can do exactly what you want here as designed.

Sorry this is probably not the answer you had hoped for, but I hope it helps anyway.

Andy