Alternative to childIssuesOf function

Evanthia Charalampidou March 9, 2022

Hello everyone,

so far we used the function childIssuesOf for some of our Jira boards to filter the issues of specific SAFe Features. However, this function seems to not be available anymore.

We used it like this for example:

  • project = ProjectName AND issue in childIssuesOf(IssueKey) ORDER BY FieldName ASC

Now the JQL function childIssuesOf cannot be found.

What we would get from the query above previously is a list of all the issues in a SAFe Feature. 

We tried this alternative:

  • project = ProjectName AND issueFunction in linkedIssuesOf('key=Issuekey')

but it only brings back issues that are linked to the specified issue like "relates" or "has parent". Instead we want to filter all the issues in that SAFe Feature.

Does anyone know of an alternative to that?

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Evanthia Charalampidou March 14, 2022

In order to filter the issues in a SAFe Feature issue type, the Feature Link field can be used. The query that work for me is:

  • project = ProjectName AND Feature Link in (Issuekey)
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Matthew Robinson March 9, 2022

Hi, not sure if this will help but have you tried using linkedIssues('key=issueKey', 'linkType=child') or however the parent child linking is named in your jira instance?

Evanthia Charalampidou March 14, 2022

Hi @Matthew Robinson 

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried it but it didn't work. However, you pointed me towards the right direction to find the solution, namely the linkage type.

Thank you so much for your input.

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Matthew Robinson March 14, 2022

I'm glad you found the solution.

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September 14, 2023

Hi @Evanthia Charalampidou . Can you please share your solution? I am also looking for  all Stories and their Sub-task under the Epic. It used to be childIssuesOf() but it stopped working.

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October 17, 2024

Can anyone share the solution for this?  I am trying to find all issues linked to an epic or linked to a child of that Epic.

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