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

1 Subtasks JQL functions
- 1.1 ParentsOfSubtasksInQuery
- 1.2 SubtasksOfParentsInQuery
2 Subtasks JQL Aliases
- 2.1 ParentSummary
- 2.2 ParentPriority
- 2.3 ParentIssueType
- 2.4 ParentStatus
- 2.5 ParentStatusCategory
- 2.6 SubtasksCount
- 2.7 SubtaskSummary
- 2.8 SubtaskKey
- 2.9 SubtaskPriority
- 2.10 SubtaskIssueType
- 2.11 SubtaskStatus
- 2.12 SubtaskStatusCategory

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.

SUPPORTED OPERATORS

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

=	!=	~	!~	>	>=	<	<=	IS	IS NOT	IN	NOT IN	WAS	WAS IN	WAS NOT	WAS NOT IN	CHANGED

EXAMPLES

Find subtasks which parents summary contains text "Test"

parentSummary ~ "Test"

ParentPriority

Search for subtasks with a parent of a particular Priority.