JQL to Show Issues Linked in an Epic

Question

I am trying to find the query to show linked issues in an epic. I have seen posts that say to use "linkedIssues" but this is not a field that we have. Is there another way to do this without a plugin on Jira data center?

Pasam Venkateshwarrao · Answer

Hi @Cailyn Steinhardt

you can try with this JQl

issuekey in childIssuesOf("<epicIssue>")

it worked for me

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Cailyn Steinhardt

Are you trying to find the issues that are children of the Epic, or issues that are linked to the Epic using generic issue linking functionality?

What version of Jira are you using?

The linkedIssues function has been available at least as far back as v7.4, as per this document:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver074/advanced-searching-functions-reference-921472948.html

linkedIssues is a function, not a field. To use it you need to use it this way:

issue in linkedIssues(issueKey, linkType)

Laurie Sciutti · Answer

Hi @Cailyn Steinhardt ~ if you just want to see the issues linked directly to an Epic, you can search using "Epic Link" = ABC-123.  If you are looking to drill down further (i.e. sub-tasks linked to a Story in that Epic), you would need an add-on like ScriptRunner.