Trying to create a filter to return all child issues of all the Epics in my Jira Project

[Ikuh Henry]

Trying to create a filter for all child issues of Epics in my Jira Project without using scriptrunner but the advance filter only.

example:

issuekey = EEEP-963 OR issuekey in childIssuesOf(EEEP-963) OR issuekey = EEEP-992 OR issuekey in childIssuesOf(EEEP-992) AND issuetype in ("Portfolio Epic", Capability, Epic, Story) ORDER BY issuetype ASC

this gives me Exactly what I need for my report – the Epic down to the lowest children (sub-task) if it exist in any story.

However, that is limited to manually entering known issuekey. I want to be able to return all Epic, and their respective childIssues. So if I have 100 Epics I should also get children of each epic under them.

Any suggestion or solution to this?

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

Hello,

You would need a plugin for it. For example, you could use JQL Search Extensions for Jira.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214791/jql-search-extensions-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

Your JQL query would look like this:

issue in allIssuesInEpic("your JQL query")

You can find more info here:

https://jqlsearchextensions.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SEARCH/pages/30497099/JQL+Reference+Server#JQLReference(Server)-AllIssuesInEpic(jql-queryorissuekey)

[Ikuh Henry]

@Alexey Matveev thanks for your help, i will request this extension from my IT team. 

[Alexey Matveev]

You are welcome!

[Ikuh Henry]

Thanks, the update from my IT team is that they wont want to buy another add on or extenssion. for this purpose. therefore i will still appreciate any solution on how to use the jira filter to return same result. 

[Nil Ister]

If you don't want to use a plug-in and if Initiative issue type is enabled, you can put all the epics under an initiative and use "issuekey in childIssueOf(InitiativeKey)" to get all epics, tasks, and sub-tasks linked.

[Andrew Watson]

Thanks for posting a solution that does not involve the use of a plug-in.

[Amanda Culver]

This only returns the issues for a KNOWN initiative, does it extend to finding all child issues of all initiatives (I can't seem to find a way to nest an initiative search)

I'd like something like

issuekey in childIssueOf(project=MyProj and issuetype=initiative)

but it doesn't seem to exist.  Any clues ?

[Nil Ister]

That's a good question. You're right, for what I wrote to work you need to manually put known Epics under a known Initiative. I found a couple of solutions (not sure if they are 100% solutions to your question but maybe they might help you find a better solution!). 

1. Found issue in parent(JqlQuery).This function returns subtasks of given JqlQuery. Found it on https://www.j-tricks.com/jqlt-subtask-functions.html. I think this is also a plug in so I couldn't find this filter in my company's Jira. Give it a try:

project = ABC AND issue in parent("issuetype = Initiative") (change Initiative to Epic if you'd like to)

2. issueFunction in issuesInEpics("project =ABC") - This will return all type of issues of Epics in that project. Found it on https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/jira/jql-functions.html. Scriptrunner is a plug in.

3. If you don't know the issue keys of the Epics you want the tasks and subtasks of, you could find them by using the following:

project = ABC AND issueFunction in epicsOf("resolution = unresolved")

In this case, they all need to satisfy a condition. In this example that condition is the project and the resolution.

After finding the key of these issues you could use them to get all of the tasks and subtasks.

[Amanda Culver]

solved >

The following gives you all issuetypes linked to any issues picked up by a filter

1. Create a filter to list all of the initiatives,
2. save it,
3. get the filter number from the saved filter's URL, then...

|  issue in linkedIssuesFromFilter(30785)

[Corinne ROEHRI]

This function doesn't exist...! I use JIRA version 8.6.1

[Genevieve Bolduc]

@Corinne ROEHRI Did you ever find a solution?  We are looking for the same thing.  Thanks!

[Andy]

In case anyone else stumbles across this, who cannot access the more obscure JQL calls. I have an answer that doesn't involve a plug in:

project = ABC AND issuekey = XYZ-1234 OR issuekey in portfolioChildIssuesOf(XYZ-1234)

This does not give a tree structure, but will list all work items.

[Daniel Brvnišťan]

I also failed to find a solution not requiring an add-on. As I see this a logical extension of JQL, I filed a feature suggestion:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-70710

I would appreciate votes / feedback.

Thanks,
Daniel

[Symantha Gates]

upvoted - it's super frustrating this is not available, seems basic to the tenets of most Agile implementations

[Rahul Savaikar]

Upvoted https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-70710

[Amanda Culver]

UpVoted too.  It's still gathering interest.

[Lime Trees]

Hi,

you can try our add-on Epic Finder which has many useful functions to find epics and their issues that fulfill different conditions. Please have a look here for more details.

For some examples how to use this add-on, please go to Ultimate Guide.

Regards,

Lime Trees Support Team

[Ikuh Henry]

Thanks, the update from my IT team is that they wont want to buy another add on or extenssion. for this purpose. therefore i will still appreciate any solution on how to use the jira filter to return same result