I cannot find Issue Links while setting up a two dimensional filter

[arunachudh]

I was trying to setup a two dimensional filter for my dashboard and I couldn't find issue link field to be selected in X or Y axis. Is there a way that I can make the field appear?

I need to create a filter in dashboard which contains parent issues and the number of child issues. Any ways to do that. ???

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

No.  For a field to appear on the 2d-filter, it has to be a field that has a limited and known range of data options.  A short-ish known list.  It can't be unbounded or infinite.  (Text, numbers, dates, etc - they're unbounded variables).  Only lists of objects are available.  Users, select/multi-select lists, projects etc - all bounded lists.

Links are arbitrary and unbounded, so they won't appear.

There are a couple of plugins that make text and numbers appear on these lists, but I've found huge problems with these - they tend not to scale at all (probably because it's mathematically impossible for them to do so), and I've ended up removing them from JIRA installations and restructuring the data instead.

For your second part, I can't think of a good way to do it with off-the-shelf JIRA or plugins, I suspect you might need to write something.

[arunachudh]

Thank you but I could see "Epic/Theme" field displayed which also is a similar field like Issue links.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ah, no, sorry, it's a totally different type of field. It is a bounded, pre-defined, non-unique and normally very short list. Unlike the unbounded, often unique and potentially near-infinite links field.

[Jose M.]

If you are looking for a filter which contains parent issues and the number of child issues, i.e. sub-tasks, It should be possible to search for issues in parent. In the gadget with the Favorite Filters the amount will be also displayed. Maybe this helps as workaround. Please refer to Script Runner, More Complex Examples.