Closing Releases and moving Issues

[ChuckieAJ]

Something I am not sure about. When I close a release it asks me if I want to move my unfinished issues to another unfinished release.

I have found that if I click "move" then it replaces the previous release with the new one. So I have decided not to move and then I manually add the new release to the list of releases for the issue.

Can't there be a way of just tagging on the new release rather than moving from one to another?

[Pramodh M · Accepted solution]

Hi @ChuckieAJ 

Here's how you achieve it, 

First, release the version even if there are unfinished issues (choose Ignore unresolved issues)

Now search the issues with JQL for unresolved issues with the version you just released, it may go like following 

fixVersion = " " AND resolution = Unresolved

Now that you have got the unfinished/unresolved issues, you can bulk edit the issues for fix version field, you will have the option to add to an existing field (for fix version)

[ChuckieAJ]

Can you please provide a bit more details about this JQL? What is it and where do I use it inside Jira? Thank you. Sounds perfect though.

[Pramodh M]

Hi @ChuckieAJ 

Once you have released the version, please follow from here

Go to Filters and in that Advanced issue search:

The complete JQL will go like this

project = "yourProject" AND fixVersion = " " AND resolution = Unresolved

JQL is used to search issues in Jira

Please follow the documentation here for reference

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/what-is-advanced-searching-in-jira-cloud/

Thanks,
Pramodh