Search Child issues of a parent with certain label

Miia Toivanen

I would like to filter out Epics where Parent issue has a certain label. 

Any idea how to do this?

Ste Wright

Hi @Miia Toivanen 

Just to confirm, you have:

• An Issue Hierarchy where Epics can have parents (via Parent Link)
• The need to locate Epics with Parents, where the Parent has a specific label

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If the above is correct, this isn't possible with native JQL, because it does not support sub-queries (i.e Parents with a specific label).

You can either:

• Use Automation to place the Label on the Epic
  • For example, the rule could run when the Parent Link is modified, and copy the Label to the Epic's Label field, or a custom Label field, etc.
  • Then, you could use JQL to find the Label at an Epic level, allowing this to be done via native JQL
• Use an App to provide additional JQL functions which will allow you to search like this. You could see if Apps like this would help:
  • JQL Search Extensions
  • Enhanced Search
  • ...or another option from the Marketplace

Note: These Apps provide additional functions, for example, JQL Search Extensions uses the function ChildrenOfIssuesInQuery

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Let us know if you need any additional advice on either option above

Ste