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How to return multiple features and their linked Parent of child issues

Peter Read_e91lhp

Good Morning:

I am trying to figure out the JQL for returning more than one feature and all the linked child issues. The project I am working on is using features as the parent of user story and enablers.

Here is the query I have been able to use to identify 1 feature and all linked children issues but I need to return more than just 1 feature.

issue in linkedIssues(ABC-5668, "is parent of")

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Trudy P Claspill

Hello @Peter Read

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Have you established the parent/child relationship using generic issue linking, or is it based on the Issue Type Hierarchy?

Do you want only the issues that are direct children of the "features"?

If it is based on the Issue Type Hierarchy, then you can use a JQL like this:

issue in (feature-1, feature-2, feature-3) or Parent in (feature-1, feature-2, feature-3)

Peter Read_e91lhp

Hi Trudy, thank you for responding. No unfortunately the organization does not use the hierarchy as properly should be used...

We go:

Theme

Epic

Capability

Feature

Story

So I am trying to run a query to pull back all stories under many different features.

issue in (feature-1) only pulls back that feature...I need the is parent of link

Peter Read_e91lhp

Yep, what I am looking for is only the issues that are direct children of the "features"? But for several features not just the one as listed originally in this query...issue in linkedIssues(ABC-5668, "is parent of")

Trudy P Claspill

Hello Peter,

So, you have not modified the Issue Type Hierarchy? Located here:

https://yourJiraUrl/jira/settings/issues/issue-hierarchy

That has just three levels?

Screenshot 2025-02-26 at 10.08.17 AM.png

Can you provide a screen image of a Feature showing how the Story issues are displayed within that Feature?

Peter Read_e91lhp

No the client will not allow us to reduce the hierarchy, it makes daily use very challenging.

Digvijay Singh_nal1me

Hi @Peter Read

If you are running Scriptrunner plugin either in Data Center/ Server or Cloud then JQL Expression can resolve your issue.

You can run the below JQL Search using Scriptrunner Enhanced Search:

issueFunction in linkedIssuesOf(Subquery)

For example: First, you need to create a filter as Subquery, something like:

project = <project-name> AND issuetype = Story

Save this filter (eg: List of Story Issues) and add this Subquery in main JQL:

issueFunction in linkedIssuesOf("filter = 'List of Story Issues'")

This will give you all the list of Feature issues - where related Stories are linked to them.

I hope this helps.

For reference: https://docs.adaptavist.com/sr4js/8.0.0/features/jql-functions

Thanks

Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira

Hi @Peter Read

welcome to the community!

I understand that you're looking for a native/built-in approach to your problem - but just to put it out there in case it is useful: If you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, there's a number of apps available that can help with this - either by extending JQL by additional functions, or by providing their own, more powerful search and visualisation techniques.

E.g., you may want to have a look at the app that my team and I are working on: JXL for Jira.

JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your issues that allows viewing, inline-editing, sorting, and filtering by all your issue fields, much like you’d do in e.g. Excel or Google Sheets. It also comes with a long list of advanced features, including support for (configurable) issue hierarchies. These issue hierarchies can be configured based on Jira's built-in parent/child relationships (like task/sub-task), and/or based on issue links of configurable issue link types (like is child of / is parent of).

This is how it looks in action:

In this example, WORK-106, WORK-107, and WORK-405 relate to their parent WORK-111 via issue links.

Once you've set up your hierarchy, you can easily narrow down your view to the set of parents that you are interested in.

I should also add that JXL can do much more than the above: From support for issue grouping by any issue field(s), to sum-ups, conditional formatting, or inline bulk edit via copy/paste.

Any questions just let me know,

Best,

Hannes

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