Filtering of Planning-tasks

[AMIT GULATI]

Hi,

I am trying to use the new planning-task functionality in Structure Plug-in. However, I am stuck with following problem

We have a hierarchy

Team 1 (grouped by label)

        Program Increment

                   Epic 1

                   Epic 2

                   Planning Task 1

                   Planning Task 2

Team 2 (grouped by label)

        Program Increment

                   Epic 3

                   Epic 4

                   Planning Task 1

                   Planning Task 2

All items under Program Increment are identified by a label provided in JIRA. Same label is provided to Planning tasks in Structure.

All looks good before I create a filter (on label) to see only a specific team's data. Even though label exists on Planning tasks, these get filtered out. 

What is the right way to apply filter so that planning-tasks are also retained?

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao]

@AMIT GULATI 

Use "Filter by Attribute... (with Sub-Items)"

Instead of a plain filter:

1. Click the filter icon (funnel) in the Structure toolbar.

2. Select “Add Filter → Attribute...”

3. Choose: Label → contains → Team 1 (or your desired label)

4. Important: Enable "Keep sub-items of matching items"

This tells Structure:"Even if a sub-item (like a Planning Task) doesn't match the filter directly, keep it if it's a child of a matching item."

If your Planning Tasks are grouped by label as well, this can also help reinforce visibility.

Hope this helps

[AMIT GULATI]

@Pasam Venkateshwarrao Thanks Pasam. It worked. However, this will require me to create 15 filters since there are 15 different teams. Is there a better alternative? 

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao]

@AMIT GULATI 

Instead of 15 filters, use one base filter (e.g., all issues with team labels) and define quick filters inside Structure views.

How:

1. In Structure, go to Views → Manage Views
2. Define a view with multiple Quick Filters like:
   labels = team1

   labels = team2

   labels in ("team1", "team2") // multi-team view

Hope this helps

[Pasam Venkateshwarrao]

@AMIT GULATI  if it works for you can hit accept answer so that it will help to others those who are facing the same issue

[Stepan Kholodov _Tempo_]

Hello @AMIT GULATI 

Since planning tasks are not issues, they can't be referenced in/recognized by JQL queries. When adding a filter to your structure, you can either remove all the planning tasks or keep all of them by selecting the 'Keep non-issues' option in the filter's configuration.

If you want to filter out some of the planning tasks along with the issues, you should use the Attribute Filter instead with a formula like this: search("label name",labels)

I hope this helps. If you have other questions about Structure, please reach out to us directly at our support portal.

Best regards,
Stepan
Tempo (the Structure app vendor)

[AMIT GULATI]

@Stepan Kholodov _Tempo_ When I filter and select Keep non-issues, it also shows the other teams which have Planning tasks, even though I just want to see a specific team's data.

[Stepan Kholodov _Tempo_]

@AMIT GULATI I only described to you what the JQL filter can do with planning tasks - it can either delete all of them, or it can keep all of them. To filter them out in a custom way, you need to use the Attribute Filter. If you have multiple teams, you can define the filter's formula to work with each team like this:

if search("team name 1",labels) or
search("team name 2",labels) or
search("team name 3", labels): 1

You can add as many team names to the formula as needed in the same fashion.

Best regards,
Stepan