This function returns the parent issue of a given issue according to Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, i.e., the issue which is immediately above in the hierarchy. In the case that the given issue is a sub-task, its parent issue will be returned.

Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy includes:

  • Issues linked by Parent Link custom field.
  • Issues linked by Epic-Story link.
  • Sub-tasks in the lowest level of the hierarchy. Sub-tasks under issues in intermediate levels of the hierarchy are not considered to belong to Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy.

Example:


parent() #Output: Issue list



Parser expressionDescription


parent()


Considering that current issue is JWT-3, this expression returns the parent of this issue:

[JWT-1]



This function returns an




Variant where you additionally define issues.

Duplicated issues are filtered from the output.


parent(issueList) #Output: Issue list



Parser expressionDescription


parent(linkedIssues("is blocked by"))


Considering that expression linkedIssues("is blocked by") returns [JWT-4, JWT-8], this example returns the parent of these issues:

[JWT-1, JWT-2]

To achieve this the following functions are used:



Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
issueList

Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g. linkedIssues() or issuesUnderEpic()).



This function returns an




Variant where you define issue keys instead.

Duplicated issues are filtered from the output.


parent(issueKeys) #Output: Issue list



Parser expressionDescription


 parent("JWT-7, JWT-13")


This example returns parent issues of JWT-7 and JWT-13:
[JWT-2, JWT-12]



Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
issueKeys

A comma separated list of issue keys.



This function returns an


To return the issues just under an issue within the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, you might want to have a look into the issuesUnder() function.

To return all issues under an issue within the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, you might want to have a look into the allIssuesUnder() function.

To return all issues having the same parent within the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, you might want to have a look into the siblingIssues() function.

To return the parent of an issue within the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, you might want to have a look into the parent()  function.

To return all issues above an issue within the Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, you might want to have a look into the issuesAbove() function.



Use cases and examples



Parser function cloud
Map(question)
Notes

Workaround

issue.customfield_10018

Where 10018 is the Parent link's custom field ID in the corresponding instance.






Status
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Short description

Returns the direct parent(s) of the given issue(s) according to Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy.

Output

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