How can I display the sub-tasks on a Kanban Board for custom issue type created

[Deleted user]

How can I display the sub-tasks on a Kanban Board for custom issue type created (let's call it Type X)

Kanband board filter is set to filter out and display Type X only (or using a quick filter) 

[Charlotte Santos -Appfire- · Accepted solution]

Hi @[deleted] 

I’m Charlotte, a support engineer at Appfire and I’m here to help you.

Unfortunately, using vanilla JQL, you’ll not be able to do it dynamically.

In the app where my team works, JQL Search Extensions for Jira, you can use this query to find all the subtasks that belong to a specific issue type:

issue in subtasksOfParentsInQuery("type='Type X'")

Please contact our support if you have any other questions about this query.

We’ll be happy to help you!

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @[deleted] 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

If your board filter is constructed to display only Type X then the board will not display the subtasks under those issues. You would need to change the board filter to include subtasks.

However, Jira does not have a native function to let you select subtasks based on the type of the parent issue. You would need a third party app that extends filtering functions, such as the Adaptavist ScriptRunner app, to be able to create a filter that retrieves issues of Type X and subtasks of only Type X issues.

ScriptRunner is just one such app. There are other apps that provide the same type of functionality.

Here is a query for the Atlassian Marketplace to get a partial list of such apps.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=jira&query=jql

[Deleted user]

Thank you very much @Trudy Claspill for the quick reply - we unfortunately don't have ScriptRunner at the moment. I was hoping to find another way.

[Trudy Claspill]

I see that you tagged your post as being the Free subscription.

Are you aware that ScriptRunner is free for up to 10 users? So if you are indeed on the Free subscription (10 or fewer users) then you could add ScriptRunner at no additional cost.