how to query and present two related objects's attribute in Jira

Question

I have two related objects A, and B (parent, child in jqjquery) and would like to present some attributes of both A and B in an UI or at least a jql query, like the logic below:

A.key, B.summary, B.status where A is parent of B

how can I do so with jqlquery or other means in Jira?

further more, I would like to present the result in a GUI gadget and it seems the out of box dashboard can not do it.

what plugins would you recommend for the GUI purpose?

thanks.

Rachel Wright · Answer

Hi @CyberSage ,

I think my answer is the same for your use case as I added for this question: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/JQL-query-help-with-Initiatives-and-subtasks/qaq-p/1725998#U1726028

You can't do nested/joined/cascading/subquery (or whatever else you might call this) queries out of the box.  You can do this through the REST API, but as I mentioned in my other comment, I brought Jira down doing it, so be careful.

Since you have Jira Server, you could certainly fetch this data from the database, but that doesn't help you display it in a native dashboard gadget, as you'd like to do.  What if you fetched the data and dumped it to another location that you linked to from your dashboard? I know, not pretty but it might be a possible/temporary solution.

Also, check the Atlassian Marketplace to see if someone has built something that would suit your specific needs.  See: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=server&query=jql  Lots of us could use more JQL abilities so something may exist or might be on the way in the future.

Good luck,

Rachel Wright
Author, Jira Strategy Admin Workbook