Using filter(s) in filter

[Deleted user]

Hi,

I am trying to clean up my filters by defining "sub-filters" and then incorporate them into my board filters. This however works fine for myself, and administrators - not users. I am having a hard time figuring out why.

If I write the expression directly in the board filter, ie "project = projA", it works as intended. If using the same expression in a saved filter, it does not work, ie "filter = <filter-name>". Both filters are shared with all logged in users.

What else can I try? What have I missed?

Thanks.

[Steven F Behnke · Accepted solution]

I am not able to reproduce an issue. I created an account with basic permissions and was able to use the filters in a Board query.

Can you more clearly indicate where this is failing? Specifically, you say "this does not work" but it's not clear what that means, what error you see, etc.

[Deleted user]

not working in this case means I get no results from the filter I used in an AND statement in my board filter. I have isolated the problem though. It was never the filter, but the project permissions of the project the filter should extract information from. Correcting those, and everything worked like a charm.

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

Hello,

you should write

filter = <filter id>

not filter name

[Deleted user]

Hi, thanks for answering

I was just about to remove and replace my question. I think it is related to permissions on the project the filter is suppose to add. Writing the <filter id> instead of <filter name> did not change anything, only made it harder to read. Is there a technical advantage in using the id's ?

Thanks

[Alexey Matveev]

Did you share this filter with the users, who try to use it in their JQL query?

[Deleted user]

Yes, it is shared with all logged in users

[Deleted user]

Thank you both for suggestions!