How to display all child tasks in an epic using the JIRA macro in confluence

[Chris Hall]

I am new to using JIRA and Confluence and I am stuck on something that seems rather basic. I am trying to figure out how to display all of the child issues of a JIRA epic within a Confluence page.

I found the page: How to display all child issues of an epic using t... (atlassian.com)

Using this page, I tried using a JIRA legacy macro any typed the following JQL: parentEpic = "Epic Key". This allows me to see the actual epic itself but not the child tasks within that epic. Unsure of why I am getting this bug, the above mentioned page says that the simple code I typed should work. I am showing my results in the attached screenshot.

[Danut M _StonikByte_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Chris Hall,

This should work with Jira Issues macro or Filter Results macro. I just tested with a JQL similar to yours and they show all the items under the epic.

Another way to display this info, is to use the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) macro offered by our Great Gadgets app (perhaps you already have it, otherwise you could install it with 1-month free trial).

All you have is to do is configure the macro with a filter or JQL like "parentEpic = EPIC-1" or "parentEpic IN (EPIC-1, EPIC-2)" etc and it will display the items under the epic(s) in a tree structure in form of Epic > Tasks, Stories > Sub-Tasks along wither their status. 

Hope this helps.

Danut. 

[Chris Hall]

Hi Danut,

Thank you for the information. I am still unable to get the tree structure to display in confluence. However, I don't have a parent epic in my project. My project has one epic with 12 different child tasks. I am trying to get the child tasks to display.

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Hi @Chris Hall,

The "parentEpic" is the epic itself.

A filter like this "parentEpic = EPIC-1" should return all the issues under EPIC-1 (stories, tasks and sub-tasks) and the epic itself. 

What happens if you run this filter in Jira:

parentEpic = ARDCB-163

Does it return all the issues under epic ARDCB-163?

Danut

[Chris Hall]

Yes, that works perfectly in JIRA. However I am trying to use a JIRA macro in Confluence to show that view in confluence.

[ryann]

"Epic Link" = ABC-123

 Works for me with the "Insert Jira Issue/Filter" macro on Confluence Server