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I would like to create a list or board with my work items in epic, feature, story hierarchy.

lea_calvin
Contributor
July 15, 2025

I would like to create a list or board of all my work items, but would like it to include the epic, feature, story hierarchy.  

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Marc - Devoteam
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July 15, 2025

Hi @lea_calvin 

Welcome to the community.

As you mention you are in Jira Enterprise, you will have the Plans option in the instance.

You might need to be granted access to Plans.

Then you can create a plan based on a filter with all issues where you are the assignee/reporter?

See Jira Plans documentation, get-started-with-advanced-roadmaps

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Danut M _StonikByte_
Atlassian Partner
July 16, 2025

Hi @lea_calvin,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You could try the List view available at the Jira project level. This can display items by their hierarchy, along with child items. 

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An alternative solution would be to search on Atlassian Marketplace for an app that provides such view. 

In case you want to try an app, our Great Gadgets app offers some gadgets that will help you solve the problem; they are highly configurable and flexible.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) gadget - displays the issues from a filter/JQL by their hierarchy along with their status.  

All you have to do is to configure it with a filter/JQL that returns the issue to e grouped (epics, features, and stories) and it will do the grouping for you in a format like this:   

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Pivot Table & Pivot Chart gadget lets you create a pivot table based on issues from a filter/JQL.

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In this case you need to configure it with a JQL that returns the only the stories, and to display the Parent of Epic, Parent Epic, Key: Summary, Status and other fields that you need.

Hope this helps.

Danut.

 

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PM_이유경 July 15, 2025

If your current issue type hierarchy in Jira is structured as Epic > Feature > Story,
you can create a board using a JQL filter such as project = [project ID].
Then, in the Active Sprint view, set the Group by option to Epic.
This will allow you to view your work items in a hierarchical structure of Epic > Feature > Story.
I hope this helps clarify your use case and points you in the right direction.

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Priyanka Khare
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July 15, 2025

Hello @lea_calvin 

  1. Create a JQL Filter:
    issuetype in (Epic, Feature, Story) ORDER BY "Epic Link"
  2. Save the Filter for easy access.
  3. Create a Dashboard or Board:
    • Use the saved filter to create a Dashboard widget or a Board (Scrum/Kanban) based on the filter.
    • For hierarchy view, use Swimlanes by Epic or configure the board to display the desired structure.
lea_calvin
Contributor
July 15, 2025

I am having issues replying, so if this is a repeat I apologize.  If I remove Epic and just filter with Feature and Story, what would the ORDER BY use?

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lea_calvin
Contributor
July 15, 2025

Also, I tried to create a Board, but when I choose kanban as the type, it does not show the JQL filter that I created.  

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Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
Community Champion
July 15, 2025

Hi @lea_calvin 

I'm usually on Datacenter, there may be a native way to achieve this on Cloud and I'll let others chime in.  

Typically you will need a plugin, there are many that allow you to create a hierarchy and display it in different ways.  I have a few favorites but will not promote one Marketplace vendor over another on this forum.  Check to see what your site has, chat with your Jira admin, or if you don't have one a Jira super user for your site.  If you are the Jira admin, there are great resources out there that can walk you thru how to do this with the different Marketplace options.  I'd be surprised if @Alex Ortiz doesn't have a video on this exact use case.

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