JQL query to get all epics and their child issues according to a filter on the Epics

Question

I saw a thread about getting all child issues out of specific Epics, and obviously I can write a query to filter only specific desired epics (for example, according to label).

But I don't see a way to do both. Since the label, for example, isn't inherited by the child issues, I can't get all epics and their child issues where the parent Epic has a specific label/s.

miikhy · Answer

At the epic child level, the "Epic Link" field will always be populated with the epic key, that might be a good way to get a subset if you have an exhaustive list of epics (2 steps).

Hop this helps!

Netzer Shohet · Answer

thanks for the answer!

are there any parameters set on Epics that are "inherited" to their child tasks? (labels sadly are not such AFAIK)
if there had been such, I could've used them perhaps.

miikhy · Answer

Hi,

I think there's no "subquery" option in JQL OOTB. You can't do something like getting all children from epic corresponding to a second filter.

That being said there are many plugins to get more JQL options (Scripting plugins can even allow you to develop your own set).

Hope this helps!

Cheers