How to query on checklists

[Tim Arthur]

Hi, goal is to color shade a card based on checklist status. 

Two ways I know of to create checklists. 1) custom field. 2) checklist plug-in add on. 

I'd prefer to query on (2) but don't see anywhere if that is possible. 

For (1), found this: Searching for Checklists - Checklist for Jira (4.x) - Server & Data Center Docs - Confluence (atlassian.net) and noticed it seems to be designed for the custom field....

but it errors out. 

Is it possible to query on a checklist not start, partially complete, and completed?

Thanks!

Tim in Stuart FL

[Tim Arthur]

Yes. Unfortunately though, if we configure more than one checklist then the summary tallies all as one, vs stats on each checklist. 

Related, there is a jira custom field type called Checklist. Again though, it does not allow for querying to determine progress.... at least so far as we can tell.

[Adaeze_Jude_HEROCODERS]

Hello @Tim Arthur

In Issue Checklist free, you can search for particular items in a status using the Checklist Text field, for example, for a Checklist item abc, use Query: "Checklist Text[Paragraph]" ~ "\"* [done] abc\""

Also, you can search for all items in a status, using:"Checklist Text[Paragraph]" ~ "\\[skipped\\]" 

However, you cannot search for open items in a particular checklist.

Please note that to carry out this search, the "Save local checklist items to Jira custom fields" option in Global settings must be enabled and you must use statuses for your Checklist items as described here.

Please see here for more context.

Please reach out here if you have further questions.

[Tim Arthur]

Ok, understood, and thank you. 

Can we drill in though on how to query the custom field: Checklist?

Alternatively, is there a checklist plug in that is queryable via JQL (vs rest API)?

[Tim Arthur]

Further, I see at Displaying checklist progress bars on Agile cards - Checklist for Jira - Server & Data Center Docs - Confluence (atlassian.net) it seems possible to show a checklist progress bar on each card and it points me to Adding a Proxy custom field - Checklist for Jira - Server & Data Center Docs - Confluence (atlassian.net) , but I don't see what this shows at step 5. 

Seems like our Cloud version might be missing some modules?

[Maxime Lefebvre _Okapya_]

Hi Tim,

Checklist for Jira is a different product on Cloud than on Data Center. So the methodologies on the Data Center product are not the same.

Could you let us know which Checklist App you are using on your Cloud instance? This way the right support people will be able to help!

Regards,
Max

[Tim Arthur]

The two options are 1) custom field of type=checklist, and 2) plugin called Issue checklist free. See image. 

[Tim Arthur]

[Maxime Lefebvre _Okapya_]

Hey Tim,

Thanks for the details!

I don't think there's a direct way to search the Checkboxes field for if all items are checked. Jira's checkboxes field acts more like labels than an actual checklist.

I'll let the Issue Checklist team ( @Wojciech Wardaszko ) answer about their product!

Regards,
Max

[Wojciech Wardaszko]

Thanks @Maxime Lefebvre _Okapya_ for this pickup. I'm proud to see that @Adaeze_Jude_HEROCODERS has provided the needed answer.