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Subtasks JQL Functions

Owned by Daniel Turczanski
Last updated: Sept 07, 2023 by Deborah Scott
2 min read

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Subtasks JQL functions

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

ParentsOfSubtasksInQuery

For a given JQL subquery it finds parents of resulting subtasks

Examples:

issue in parentsOfSubtasksInQuery("status='To Do'") and status='Done' finds finished issues that have unfinished subtasks
issue in parentsOfSubtasksInQuery("assignee=currentUser()") finds parents of my subtasks

SubtasksOfParentsInQuery

For a given JQL subquery it finds subtasks of resulting parent issues

Examples:

issue in subtasksOfParentsInQuery("status='Done'") and status='To Do' finds subtasks that are in progress and have finished parents
issue in subtasksOfParentsInQuery("assignee=currentUser()") finds subtasks of my issues

Subtasks JQL Aliases

ParentSummary

Search for subtasks with a parent's summary containing a particular text. 

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Find subtasks which parents summary contains text "Test"

parentSummary ~ "Test"

 

ParentPriority

Search for subtasks with a parent of a particular Priority.

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Find subtasks which parent is of a "Blocker" priority. 

parentPriority = Blocker

 

ParentIssueType

Search for subtasks with a parent of a particular Issue Type.

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Find subtasks with a parent of issue type "Test".

parentIssueType = "Test"

 

ParentStatus

Search for subtasks with a parent of a particular Status.

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Find subtasks with a parent which is "In Progress". 

 

ParentStatusCategory

Search for subtasks with a parent of a particular Status Category.

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Find subtasks with a parent in "To Do" status category.

SubtasksCount

Search for issues that have a particular number of subtasks. 

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Find issues with subtasks

 

SubtaskSummary

Search for issues that have subtasks where summary contains particular text. 

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Find issues which subtasks summary contains text "Test"

 

SubtaskKey

Search for issues that have subtasks with a particular key. 

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Find issues with subtask with key ABC-123

 

SubtaskPriority

Search for issues that have subtasks with a particular Priority.

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Find issues with subtasks which have a "Blocker" priority. 

 

SubtaskIssueType

Search for issues that have subtasks with a particular Issue Type.

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Find issues with subtasks of issue type "Test".

 

SubtaskStatus

Search for issues that have subtasks with a particular Status.

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Find issues which have subtasks "In Progress". 

 

SubtaskStatusCategory

Search for issues that have subtasks with a particular Status Category.

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Find issues which have "To Do" status category.