Display Initiative as a separate column in Roadmap structure

[LG]

Hi community 

How do I add a column to a roadmap structure that show the names of parent issues of features (=Initiatives)?

I have created a Query Match field but do not know how to write the JQL query. I've found a  issuekey in parentIssuesOf("STORY-001") AND issueType = Feature, but it requires hardcoded initiative... Any ideas? 

Thank you for your ideas!

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @LG and welcome to the Community!

From your question it is not clear what Jira Software Plan you are on.

What you describe seems to point in the direction of premium. And in that case, you have Advanced Roadmaps in your site to visualise the relationship (and even enable planning and roadmapping of your structures).

You can find full documentation on Advanced Roadmaps here. 

If you are on a standard plan, issue relations are usually defined using issue links. While the feature itself has strong potential, Jira out of the box lacks the capabilities to properly visualise those relationships. In that case, Issue hierarchy apps from the Marketplace might prove a very valuable extension of your product.

Hope this helps! 

[LG]

Hi @Walter Buggenhout

Thank you for your prompt reply - I'll go through a documentation. 

I would, however, appreciate tips on how to write a JQL Query Match filter to reflect the parentIssue (Initiative) for each feature in a roadmap structure view as a separate column - without apps. 

Thank you

[Walter Buggenhout]

As I mentioned, without apps Jira does not offer good support to find linked issues or parent issues of a dynamic selection of other issues.

If you would like to find features that are linked to a parent initiative, you could search with:

IssueType = Feature and "Parent Link" is not empty

If you add the column Parent Link to the view in issue navigator, you can at least see all features and the corresponding parent in an overview. If you can somehow narrow down the list of features (e.g by assignee, project or other metadata), you could get closer. But if you really want to search on linked issues, you would need to look into the Marketplace.

[LG]

Dear @Walter Buggenhout thank you for the answer! I have two follow-up questions:

1. Is there any other way to "identify" a parent issue in your query? Something like parentIssueOf(). Meaning, a "tag" that is there by default. I'm afraid there is no "Parent Link" for each feature. 

2. Is there a way to use the following conditional logic? 

IF IssueType = Feature and "Parent Link" is not empty
THEN show Parent Issue

I understand that the easiest way would be to use the Marketplace for that. I just thinkthat JQL should be able to solve this very basic use case - even if it will not be very elegant.