Search Issues by Epic with a certain Label

[Andy Zimmermann]

Hi there

Is there a way to write a a baisc jql-filter on issues that also checks a property of their epic? Or could it  be done via the script-runner-plugin?

Background story: We often log work on epics of issues in the current sprint, if the work cannot directly be associated to a task. Like sprint planning etc.
But only on epics that allow the logging of work (i.e. do not contain label=logWorkNotAllowed)

So either a) start with the actual issues (showing epic-link-column in results)
Filter issues by a certain sprint (sprint=XYZ) then filter by epics which do not have the label "logWorkNotAllowed"
or b) list epics directly
Filter issues by "issueType = Epic AND labels != logWorkNotAllowed" then select only those which have a connected issue in sprint=XYZ

In Datebase-Terms we need to Join the issues with their epics, and apply filters on both.
Is that possible?

Thanks for your help!
Kind Regards Andy

[Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas] · Accepted solution]

Hi Andy,

Sadly you cannot achieve the desired search using standard features on Jira, you must go for a third-party app instead. Using i.e. JQL Booster Pack you can type the following:

a) Start with the actual issues (showing epic-link-column in results)
Filter issues by a certain sprint (sprint=XYZ) then filter by epics which do not have the label "logWorkNotAllowed"

Sprint = XYZ AND issue NOT IN issuesInEpics(' type = Epic AND labels = logWorkNotAllowed ')

>> This Will return the issues but not the Epics

b) list epics directly
Filter issues by "issueType = Epic AND labels != logWorkNotAllowed" then select only those which have a connected issue in sprint=XYZ

type = Epic AND (labels != logWorkNotAllowed OR labels IS EMPTY) AND issue IN epicsOf(' Sprint = XYZ ')

>> This will return the Epics but not related issues

You can easyly save above queries as filters, give them a meaningful name, and then combine both results by tying:

filter = "You named filter for Epics" OR filter = "You named filter for issues"

(*) Note that this is just an exaple, you must tune above queries to fit your needs

Using this app you can also query other issues relations, check:

• epicsOf()
• hasSubtasks()
• issuesInEpics()
• linkedIssuesOf()
• parentsOf()
• portfolioChildOf()
• portfolioParentOf()
• subtasksOf()

References:

• Official documentation

Hope this helps you to create awesome queries <3

Kind regards

[Andy Zimmermann]

Thats exactly the information I needed :)
I'll check it out!

Thank you very much

[Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]]

You're welcome

[Vikrant Yadav]

@Andy Zimmermann  i think you are using wrong label field , try to "labels" instead of label

try this :-  issuetype = Epic AND labels != CoreApp

[Andy Zimmermann]

oh thats actually just a typo. Fixed it. thanks for the catch!

but the main issue still stands :)

[Vikrant Yadav]

@Andy Zimmermann You can create Sprint custom field and filter issues via JQL.

[Andy Zimmermann]

I don't understand how that would help.

What I need, is this kind of issue filter query:
"sprint = XYZ AND labelsOfEpic != logWorkNotAllowed"But ofc there is no such thing as "labelsOfEpic", or is there a way to filter by the issues associated epic properties additonally to filtering the issue property (sprint)?

Or alternativly: the epic-filter
"issueType = Epic AND labels != logWorkNotAllowed AND issuesConnectedToEpicHaveSprint = XYZ", where again I could not find any way to query the associated issues of an epic (i.e. the fake label: issuesConnectedToEpicHaveSprint )

[Ianna]

How to search for the item with one of its labels as "SYNC"? I mean, there are several labels added to one item, I would like to search it out with one of its labels. At this time, "=" is not work.