Filter for Blocked stories ?

[Mirela Todorova]

Hi all, how can I filter tickets that are blocked by another ticket via the "linked issues" functionality?

[Ditte Simard · Accepted solution]

If you want to find issues that are blocked by a specific issue, you can use this function:

issue in linkedIssues("BLAH-1", "is blocked by")

If you need to find issues that are blocked by ANY issue, you can use this function:

issueLinkType in ("is blocked by")

If you want to learn more about JQL functions that come out of the box with Jira, I would recommend that you check out this article by "The Jira Guy":  https://thejiraguy.com/2021/11/03/more-jql-functions/

I hope this helps!

[Frederik Vantroys · Accepted solution]

Hello @Mirela Todorova ,

Following JQL query should set you in the right direction:

issueLinkType = "is blocked by" and issueFunction in linkedIssuesOf("issueKey = <issue key>")

[Frederik Vantroys]

or 

issueFunction in hasLinks("is blocked by")

if you want all tickets that are blocked, not only blocked by on specific ticket

[John Funk]

This would require the ScriptRunner add-on. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Note: This only works when you have Scriptrunner installed.

If you are doing it in Cloud, you need to be running it in the enhanced search as well.