How to write a JQL to return Features and their splitFrom tasks within an Epic?

Kris Roman

Hi, 

Could you please help with writing a JQL that returns a view showing a list of Features with their SplitFrom Tasks in a specific Epic? 

So far I've managed to get this far:

 

project = "CON" AND "Epic Link" = CON-283 AND
type = Feature

 

The struggle here is that I do not know how to correctly add 'splitFrom' for the list of features under this epic.

 

Thank you!!

 

Earl McCutcheon

Hello @Kris Roman ,

Thanks for reaching out, and by splitform do you mean the subtasks of the issues that are in the epic and the Issues directly linked to the epic?

If this is the case you can use the JQL function parentEpic() which will Search for issues and sub-tasks that are linked to an epic. 

parentEpic = CON-283

More details on the function can be seen in the feature request highlighting some additional release details here:

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-59181

This will display issues and sub-tasks directly linked to the epic, as well as the Sub-tasks that are child issues of the issues connected via "Epic Link" to the epic.

Alternatively, there are a few add-on apps that expand on the native JQL functionality if you are looking for a more complex filter, such as a nested filter, to combine multiple levels of a search into the JQL.  Some examples can be seen in the following threads:

• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/JQL-to-show-all-issues-AND-subtasks-in-the-Epic/qaq-p/597294
• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/JQL-to-show-all-issues-and-subtasks-in-an-epic/qaq-p/1432325
• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-get-subtasks-of-an-EPIC-in-a-filter-query/qaq-p/1436857
• https://www.adaptavist.com/blog/top-10-most-commonly-used-jira-query-language-functions

Regards,
Earl