Using JQL, can I get a list of epics for a large set of stories that point back to one of the epics?

[Kamran Ansari]

So here's the situation. I have a JQL query that returns a list of stories.

To keep it simple, let's use the query below as an example:

PROJECT = HakunaMatata AND issuetype in (Story) and Status in (Open) ORDER BY EpicLink

As the next step, I need to derive the list of unique epics that are being pointed to by one or more stories from the query above.

My question: Is there a way to produce the final result (list of unique epics) for the stories that meet the criteria in the above query, using a single JQL statement? If not, then what is the best way to accomplish it using JQL?

If it helps, the stories have a fixVersion on them, but the epics don't (the field is empty).

I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get! Thanks in advance!

[Tuncay Senturk _Snapbytes_ · Accepted solution]

Hello,

AFAIK you can't do that in Jira out of the box.

If you have Script runner plugin, you can use below JQL

issueFunction in epicsOf("PROJECT = HakunaMatata AND issuetype in (Story) and Status in (Open)")

[Kamran Ansari]

Thank you, Tuncay!

It took me a while to get our JIRA admin to install the 30 day trial of ScriptRunner, and so far, it seems to work just fine. I have more questions about ScriptRunner and how to get it to accomplish some of the more complex queries, but I will post those separately.

Thanks again!