Count bugs under Epic

Question

How (if at all) is it possible to to to count by JQL - how many bugs are under specific epics

Something like - Count (issue type = Bug and Epic Name = "My Epic")

which returns a amount of returned records

Antuan Sammak · Answer

using Jira built in features, you can use automation to get the above count and to be more specific you need to use {{lookupIssues.size}}

here is a post that explains the same case https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Core-Server-questions/Using-the-lookupIssues-to-find-number-of-issues-in-an-Epic/qaq-p/1681084

Oded Tali · Answer

Thanks for the response

I know the above, but I am looking for reteriving the count of JQL (or other way)

To be more accurate : I want to have a calculated field in Epic level which will retrive automatically how many bugs are linked to Epic for Example (dashobard table)

Epics nameDefects  Epic 000133 Epic 000242 Epic 000321

Antuan Sammak · Answer

Hi @Oded Tali

the JQL you are after should be like following:

Epic Link = "epic id" AND issue type = Bug

this will return all bugs under this epic and you will be able to easily spot the total number from query results page