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How to get the issues in hierarchy using a JQL

Ganeshkumar Meenakshisundaram

We use Jira Data Center. I would like to get the list of child issues under a Theme.

We have 2 issues of Issue type Theme - say TH-1 andTH-2

Our hierarchy goes like Theme -> Initiative -> Epic

I would like to get the list of Initiatives and Epics that are child issues of TH-1 and TH-2. Is there a way I could get this using JQL?

Additional Info - We have Advanced Roadmaps and Script Runner

TIA

Accepted answers

Anandhi Arumugam _Cprime_

Hello @Ganeshkumar Meenakshisundaram Welcome to the community!

issue in childIssuesOf("TH-1") AND issuetype in (Initiative, Epic)

This should get the Initiatives linked to TH-1 and Epics linked to those Initiatives.

Hope this helps!

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Sebastian Krzewiński

Hi @Ganeshkumar Meenakshisundaram

With standard JQL query it is not possible to get what you want. You can try to use "order by" but still I'm not sure that you will get right order.

Regards,

Seba

Anandhi Arumugam _Cprime_

Hello @Ganeshkumar Meenakshisundaram Welcome to the community!

issue in childIssuesOf("TH-1") AND issuetype in (Initiative, Epic)

This should get the Initiatives linked to TH-1 and Epics linked to those Initiatives.

Hope this helps!

Ganeshkumar Meenakshisundaram

This worked for me.

Christian Bär

Seems in November 2025 the correct jql function is

portfolioChildIssuesOf.

childIssuesOf does not work anymore and has been renamed, I guess - did not find a notice on this.

So the correct jql in regards to the initial question should be:

issue in portfolioChildIssuesOf("TH-1") or issue in portfolioChildIssuesOf("TH-2")

Christian Bär

I did not test wether the portfolio hierarchy is available in the jira standard plan, as portfolio itself is only available with premium, so I'm not 100% sure if

portfolioChildIssuesOf()

is also available in standard plan, but in prmium it is for sure. See above

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