Epics not appearing on Kanban Board - query states epics should show

[Ravi Mistry]

Hi, 

I am trying to filter by epics on our kanban board.

The query is project = PUBS AND issuetype in ("Bug - FE", Improvement) AND "Epic Link" in (PUBS-7, PUBS-14, PUBS-3, PUBS-4, PUBS-5) ORDER BY Rank ASC 

I have put epic link in and when i go on board settings and select base swimlanes on epics it doesn't show. 

Am I missing something in the query?

I have attached screenshots for reference. 

Thanks, 

Ravi

[neil walcuch]

Unless im misunderstanding and take g a really simplistic view, check the "status" of your epic and that it is "in progress". I have experienced this before where the epic and all children ( bugs, sub-tasks and doctasks) do not appear because the Epic status was inadvertently changed.

[Ravi Mistry]

Nope it wasn't that. The query above solved my problem, Thanks !!

[Andrew]

Hi @Ravi Mistry ,

Could You please check that JQL return some results in 'search for issues' ?

B.R.

[Ravi Mistry]

Hi, 

Sure - 

attached a screenshot,

[Andrew]

I reproduce it on my server. I found https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-questions/Epics-do-not-appear-on-my-Kanban-board/qaq-p/767535

Looks like filter should also return 'epic' issue type not only child.

Try add 'or "Epic Name" in ( test, testB)'.

B.R.

[Ravi Mistry]

So I would need to name the epic name exactly as epic link? 

I've tried with epic name but nothing happening, not sure what format i should do.

Our epic links are:-

Cubitt House - Templates

Hall & Woodhouse Templates

Hippo Inns Templates

Young's Pubs - Templates 

JW Lees - Templates

[Andrew]

Use dquote for epic name:

project = BBBK and "Epic Name" in ("test", "testB" ) or (issuetype in (Story, Epic) and issuekey = BBBK-29) ORDER BY cf[10300] ASC

or just 'is not empty' for all epics:

project = BBBK and "Epic Name" is not EMPTY or (issuetype in (Story, Epic) and issuekey = BBBK-29) ORDER BY cf[10300] ASC

B.R.

[Ravi Mistry]

I'm a bit confused - so i did try this and managed to get mine to show on search but the board still is not showing epics.

Could we do it by queries?

e.g for the 5 epics show these on boards?

My current query is :-project = PUBS AND issuetype in ("Bug - FE", Improvement) AND "Epic Link" in (PUBS-7, PUBS-14, PUBS-3, PUBS-4, PUBS-5) ORDER BY Rank ASC  

What would need changing here for epics to appear?

Epic Names are: -

Hippo inns Templates 

Cubitt House - Templates 

JW Lees - Templates

Young's Pubs - Templates 

Hall & Woodhouse Templates

[Andrew]

I suppose 

project = PUBS AND "Epic Name" is not EMPTY or ( issuetype in ("Bug - FE", Improvement) AND "Epic Link" in (PUBS-7, PUBS-14, PUBS-3, PUBS-4, PUBS-5)) ORDER BY Rank ASC

or

project = PUBS AND "Epic Name" in ("Hippo inns Templates", "Cubitt House - Templates", "JW Lees - Templates", "Young's Pubs - Templates", "Hall & Woodhouse Templates") or ( issuetype in ("Bug - FE", Improvement) AND "Epic Link" in (PUBS-7, PUBS-14, PUBS-3, PUBS-4, PUBS-5)) ORDER BY Rank ASC

B.R.

[Ravi Mistry]

Perfect! i think this has done the trick, only question is what would i need to do to show it that anything without epics is not listed.

On search it shows epics and everything without epic.