In a structure hierarcy, can I differentiate between a child and a blocker?

Question

Hi,

I have a structure that shows children, subtasks and blockers.

Our problem is that it is difficult to differentiate the Blockers from the children. Is there a way to show blockers in a different color? or add some red arrow to them, or differentiate a blocker from a child item in the hierarchy in any way?

Thanks,

Iris

Stepan Kholodov · Answer

Hello @Iris Barr

If in your structure, issues under Epics are linked to Epics by:

* either an Epic Link or
* by the 'Blocks' link,

Then you can simply use a formula like this:

if parent{issuetype = "epic"} and !epiclink : "Blocker"

The formula will return Blocker for each issue that is connected to an Epic with the 'Blocks' link type.

But if other link types can be present and you specifically need to consider just the 'Blocks' link, you can try this formula:

if parent{issuetype = "epic"} and (issuelinks.filter($.type = 'blocks').destination or issuelinks.filter($.type = 'blocks').source) : "Blocker"

You can make the values more noticeable by adding coloring via Markdown.

I hope this helps. If you need further assistance, please reach out to us directly at our support portal.

Best regards,
Stepan Kholodov
Tempo

David Niro · Answer

Hello @Iris Barr ,

Welcome to the Community!

This would require the issuelinks attribute to be available for use in Structure Cloud.  Unfortunately, it's not available yet.  We do have a task related to this and I have added your vote.

I will follow up with you when there is an update to share.

Best,
David