Only show subtasks when a parent issue is in certain state

[Mike M]

Hi,

I want to be able to create a board where I can see all subtasks of a parent issue, but only if that parent issue is in a particular state.

My situation is I have a parent issue with 3 main states. I have 2 boards, board X that deals with the parent issues in states 1 and 2, and board Y that deals with only parent issues in state 3. Now board X that deals with states 1 and 2 only shows parent issues and no subtasks so no problem there. Board Y shows parent issues in state 3 only and a collection of subtasks.

Now the problem is when subtasks are added to a parent issue when it is in states 1 or 2. What happens is the subtasks end up appearing in board Y when it's too early for them to do so, whilst also making the parent issue visible in board Y when it shouldn't be.

So what I want is something like the following:

project = XXX AND issuetype = "Parent" AND STATUS = "State 3" OR (issuetype in ("subtasktype1", "subtasktype2", "subtasktype3") AND parent in (status = "state 3)) ORDER BY Rank ASC

My searches online tell me that JIRA can't do this out the box and the only way to do what I want is by using the (no longer free) ScriptRunner plugin?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as getting a paid plugin is not an option.

Thanks

[Cristina_Abunei]

Hello,

I can use the "Parent Status" field in my queries. I don't think it's shipped with a plugin, certainly not with ScriptRunner (I have it disabled on a test instance).

So you can query for:

"Parent Status" = <Status>

[Mike M]

Hi Cristina,

Thanks for your response but "Parent Status" is not part of my JIRA install (v7.3) so you must be getting that from one of the plugins you have installed.