I want to track no of bugs linked to my stories or tasks

Question

I want to track no of bugs linked to my stories or tasks.

Any dashboard gadget where it shows stories and no of bugs under the stories?

Or
I just need the numeric number of bugs linked to particular story through automation of something?

Any suggestions on this?

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @K Rahul

There is nothing built-in to help with such counting as JQL is not a SQL, such as with features to help count things.  For workarounds...

You could investigate marketplace addons / gadgets for dynamic counting fields or display of rollup counts.

Another approach is using automation rules, as you noted.  This would require adding a custom field and updating it when linked issues (or their types) change.  Please note, for up-to-date measurement this will require several rule executions per issue, so discuss this approach with your Site Admin before implementing it.  For less accuracy (and impact on rule usage) a scheduled trigger rule could update the issue counts once per day.

Kind regards,
Bill

Karan Sachdev · Answer

Hey @K Rahul You can use a JQL like below to get a list of linked issues: issue in linkedIssues(, ) However, the issue here is that this will accept only one issue key at a time. You will have to explore Marketplace apps that offer extended JQL search functionalities or dashboard gadgets. Some app suggestions in the below community posts: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/JQL-filter-to-show-Bugs-linked-to-Stories-help/qaq-p/1992495 https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/How-to-track-how-many-bugs-were-generated-in-a-Story/qaq-p/2365349 Thanks!