Plan: View all Stories Under Epic

Question

Hello,

I have Epics that are the responsibility of a team, with stories that span across multiple spaces/teams/sprints.

When creating the Plan, if I include all of the boards in the scope of work, then I see all the epics for these boards.

I only want to see Epics from one Space, but all stories and subtasks, regardless of space.

How is this possible?

Thanks!

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Sharad Dadarao Chate

This portion of your answer is technically incorrect.

Right now, Jira does not support showing Epics from only one space while pulling stories from all other spaces.

A Jira Plan shows issues based on the Sources defined for the plan. If a Source can be constructed to get the Epics from one project and their child issues from that and any other project, then the Plan can display it.

And, as I explained in my response earlier, it is possible to create a filter that would select all those issues. Since the Source for a Plan can be a saved Filter, it would be possible to for a Jira Plan to display the requested information.

Sharad Dadarao Chate · Answer

Hi, @Lindsay Kirsch

In Jira Plans, filters apply to all issue types.
So if you limit the plan to Epics from one space/project, the stories and subtasks will also be limited.

Right now, Jira does not support showing Epics from only one space while pulling stories from all other spaces.
The usual workaround is using separate plans or keeping all related work under the same Epic project.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Lindsay Kirsch

You would need to create a custom filter to get the Epics from the one Space and the child issues across all spaces. i.e.

(project=Space1 and type=Epic) or childissueof("project=Space1 and type=Epic")

Natively Jira does not support that type of nested filtering.

You would instead have to provide an explicit list of the Epics for which you want the children; i.e.

(project=Space1 and type=Epic) or Parent in (Space1-1, Space1-2, Space1-3,<comma separated list of Epic keys>)

There are third party apps that extend JQL capabilities to support a method to get the child issues of parents that themselves are selected by a filter. Scriptrunner Enhanced Search  is one such app. You can find others in the Atlassian Marketplace.

Do you have any such apps available? Is this a use case that would justify getting such an app if you don't have one already?