Issue Filters for Boards

[Aaron Lemley]

I'd like to setup an issue filter that excludes one particular epic.

When I setup a JQL query to exclude that epic - it seems to actually be functioning as an include. Does anyone have recommended syntax for excluding the stories associated with the epic and the epic itself, without inadvertently excluding stories not associated with any epic?

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Aaron - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Can you share the filter you have already? 

Maybe something like Project = ABC and (Key != ABC-123 and "Epic Link" != ABC-123)

where ABC-123 is the key of the Epic you want to exclude. 

Give that a try and see what happens. 

[John Funk]

Hi Aaron - Just check checking in on this. Did you get it to work?

[Aaron Lemley]

This worked well for isolating only stories from a particular epic in a dedicated board. I was not able to exclude that same epic from my other board successfully but I will try a few other answers and see. 

[John Funk]

Ah! Maybe try an OR instead of the last AND

[Ignacio Pulgar]

Hi @Aaron Lemley ,

Try adding this syntax at the end of your query:

...AND NOT paretEpic = EPIC-101

...where EPIC-101 would be the issue key of the epic you want to exclude, together with its stories.

Hope it helps.

[edwin vasquez]

Hello Aaron,

you probably want to do something like this. Let me know if that works.

"epic link" != EpicName or "Epic Link" is empty

[edwin vasquez]

Any luck with this query? Let me know if you need additional help. Have a great day! 🙂