Jira Structure formula reference values in a specific Jira key (not in lineage on structure)

Question

Hi All -

I am trying to pull a value from the issue "Target" into all items in a formula.

Structure

* Folder A* ISSUE-1 "Test A"
* ISSUE-2 "Test B"

* Folder B* ISSUE-3 "Test C"
* ISSUE-4 "Test D"

* APPS-1 "Target"

If I have APPS-1 linked to each of the other issues,  I can write a formula to get values from it, but I'm wanting to reference it no matter what.

I am trying the following

WITH targetKey = "APPS-1":

WITH test = targetKey.Summary:

or

WITH test2 = targetKey.MAP($.Summary):

I just get an undefined.

Is there a way to reference this? Alternately would be if I could get a list of siblings to parents in the structure formula.

Jeff Thielman_0h1udo · Answer

Thanks Stepan -

That aligns well with what I was seeing. For my use case, I don't really like the issue links as I would end up with the one issue having hundreds (or even thousands) of links so that every issue can get to it for the calculations. Maintaining that seems difficult.

On the hierarchy - is it possible to have the following heirarchy?

* APPS-1 "Target"* Folder 1* ISSUE-1 "Test A"
* ISSUE-2 "Test B"

* Folder 2* ISSUE-3 "Test C"
* ISSUE-4 "Test D"

In other words, could I put my issue I want every other line to have access to at the parent level and Folders as children on a Jira Issue?

Stepan Kholodov · Answer

Hello @Jeff Thielman

A value from an issue can be extracted and displayed for another issue in the structure in two cases:

- both issues are present in the structure and they are related through the hierarchy. I.e. one issue should either be a descendant or an ancestor of another and placed in the structure accordingly. Then you can use aggregate functions depending on the details of your setup.
- both issues are linked directly in Jira via a standard link type. In this case, only one issue can be present in the structure. Then you can extract a value of a linked issue through the issueLinks function. For example, with a formula like this:

issuelinks.filter($.type = "link type name").map(if $.source = this : $.destination else : $.source).summary

where link type name is the link that connects the issues(please note - on the Issue Page a link destination is displayed; to find the type name you need to map the displayed destination with the name on the Issue linking page in Jira), you can displayed the linked issue's Summary.

There is no displaying a value from a random issue without the either connection.

I hope this helps. If you need further assistance, please contact us directly via our support portal and we'll get back to you shortly.

Best regards,
Stepan
Tempo (the Structure app vendor)