How do I query epic field value only in quick filter JQL?

Question

What I would like to achieve on Active sprint view:

* group issues by Epic
* show Epics to which I am assigned (for us it means responsibility of delivery it as a whole)
AND
* show all their children, whether I am assigned to them or not

The trick seems to be related to filtering Assignee field value from one issue type only, ignoring these values from their children.

Using predefined filter on my avatar shows just the issues I'm assigned to. I can't get anything even close to the desired effect via quick filters.

I feel it's either impossible to achieve or so simple, that I can't think of it :)

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Yes, that's what quick-filters are for - drilling down and narrowing the data to a sub-set.  That means "and"ing them together.

Why are you removing the parenthesis that explain what you mean to Jira?  The search does not remove parenthesis from what you have typed or pasted in.

Wojciech Liwanowski · Answer

I've tried your suggestion but it doesn't work. Different Quick filter seems to be connected with AND operator, thus currentuser() narrows all issues to me, regardless of other quick filters settings.

When I try to put them in a single filter, JQL removes brackets making it useless. I was trying such approach:

"((assignee = currentuser() AND issuetype = Epic) OR (issuetype in standardIssueTypes())"

What's more, when I use "assignee = currentuser() AND issuetype = Epic" only, there is not a single issue shown (like epic group isn't even shown, if jira can't show even one task or subtask in an active sprint view).

Wojciech Liwanowski · Answer

Thank you for a quick answer.

I've tried many configurations for quick filters. One thing, I can't figure out is how to narrow Epics just for those, I've been assigned to, but at the same time showing all their children, regardless who's assigne to those.

I haven't tried issuetype yet though, gotta check this out.