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Epics JQL Functions

 

The instructions on this page describe how to execute a JQL search using JQL Search Extensions.

 

Epics JQL functions

JQL functions are accessible from Extended Search screen or via Extended Search filters in Jira advanced search.

EpicsOfChildrenInQuery

For a given JQL subquery it finds the epics of the resulting issues.

Examples:

issue in epicsOfChildrenInQuery("'Team Name'='My great team'") and status='To Do' finds my team’s epics that are still in progress
issue in epicsOfChildrenInQuery("assignee=currentUser() AND updated>-1d") finds epics of my issues that where updated over the last day

ChildrenOfEpicsInQuery

For a given JQL subquery it finds the children of the resulting epics.

Examples:

issue in childrenOfEpicsInQuery("resolution is not empty") AND resolution is empty finds issues in progress that belong to an epic which has finished
issue in childrenOfEpicsInQuery("fixVersion='21.0.1' AND component=UI AND labels='review'") finds children of epics with particular version, component and label

Epics JQL Aliases

The following table summarizes the JQL aliases for ticket counts in the epic. Counts are based on the issue type and status.

Status \ Issue type

Any status

TO DO

IN PROGRESS

DONE

Status \ Issue type

Any status

TO DO

IN PROGRESS

DONE

Any issue type

issuesInEpicCount

issuesInEpicToDoCount

issuesInEpicInProgressCount

issuesInEpicDoneCount

Story

storiesInEpicCount 

storiesInEpicToDoCount

storiesInEpicInProgressCount

storiesInEpicDoneCount

Bug

bugsInEpicCount

bugsInEpicToDoCount

bugsInEpicInProgressCount

bugsInEpicDoneCount

issuesInEpicCount

Search for epics with a particular number of child issues regardless of issue type

bugsInEpicCount

Search for epics with a particular number of bugs 

storiesInEpicCount 

Search for epics with a particular number of stories 

issuesInEpicToDoCount

Search for epics with a particular number of child issues in "To Do" status category

issuesInEpicInProgressCount

Search for epics with a particular number of child issues in "In Progress" status category

issuesInEpicDoneCount

Search for epics with a particular number of child issues in "Done" status category

bugsInEpicToDoCount

Search for epics with a particular number of bugs in "To Do" status category

bugsInEpicInProgressCount

Search for epics with a particular number of bugs in "In Progress" status category

bugsInEpicDoneCount

Search for epics with a particular number of bugs in "Done" status category

storiesInEpicToDoCount

Search for epics with a particular number of stories in "To Do" status category

storiesInEpicInProgressCount

Search for epics with a particular number of stories in "in Progress" status category

storiesInEpicDoneCount

Search for epics with a particular number of stories in "Done" status category