JQL for finding all issues linked to a specific type

[Aaron S]

I know this exists to find issues that are linked to a specific issue

issue in linkedIssues(issueKey,linkType)

However, I want to find all issues linked to a specific type, specifically story items.

Ideally i would be looking for something like this (if it exists):

issue in linkedIssueType("story")

Hopefully this makes sense. Thanks in advance.

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello Aaron,

Unfortunately, JIRA does not have a JQL parameter to return all issues which have linked issues from a determined issue type, if I have properly understood your request.

This kind of "sub-filter" where you will search for issues based in the fields of linked issues can only be achieved in JIRA Cloud by using a plugin, like JQL Search Extensions for JIRA.

The mentioned plugin provides the parameters linksQuery and linkedByQuery, that you can use to return the information you want:

linksQuery = "issuetype = story"

Let me know if this information helps.