This JQL function can be used to search for issues that have a certain link to issues that satisfy the JQL subquery.

linkedIssuesOf(subquery) #Output: Issue list
Parser expressionDescription
issue in linkedIssuesOf('issuetype = Task and priority = "Blocker"')
This example returns all issues that are linked to a Task with priority set to Blocker.
issue in linkedIssuesOf('project = "Example Project" and assignee = j.carrey')
This example returns all issues that are linked to an issue that belongs to the Example Project's project and whose assignee is j.carrey.

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
subquery

A JQL query to select the issues that are linked to the returned issues.

Pro tip: Write the JQL query in single quotes instead of double quotes. Otherwise everytime a double-quotation is used in the subquery, they must be jumped with a slash, just like in the previous example.

This function returns an


Variant where you can additionally specify only certain link types you want to allow.

linkedIssuesOf(subquery, linkTypes) #Output: Issue list
Parser expressionDescription
issue in linkedIssuesOf('issuetype = Task and priority = "Blocker"', "is blocked by, causes")
This example returns all issues whose link type is either is blocked by or causes, and they are linked to a Task with priority set to Blocker.
issue in linkedIssuesOf('project = "Example Project" and assignee = j.carrey', "relates to")
This example returns all issues whose link type is relates to, and they are linked to an issue that belongs to the Example Project's project and whose assignee is j.carrey.

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
subquery

A JQL query to select the issues that are linked to the returned issues.

Pro tip: Write the JQL query in single quotes instead of double quotes. Otherwise everytime a double-quotation is used in the subquery, they must be jumped with a slash, just like in the previous example.

linkTypes

The link type or link types that the returned issues should have. The list of link types should be a comma-separated list.

This function returns an


Variant where you can additionally specify a minimum of issues that need to be linked, fulfilling the given link types.

linkedIssuesOf(subquery, linkTypes, minimumLinked) #Output: Issue list

Imagine the following example:

The computation of that JQL would be as follows:

  1. Grab all issues that fulfill the JQL "project = WEB" and take their linked issues → SOF-1, SOF-2, SOF-3, SOF-4, SOF-5
  2. Only grab the issues linked with link type "blocks" → SOF-1, SOF-2, SOF-3
  3. Only grab those issues where at least 2 issues are linked to the same issue → SOF-1, SOF-2

So the final result of that JQL would be SOF-1 and SOF-2.


Parser expressionDescription
issue in linkedIssuesOf('issuetype = Task and priority = "Blocker"', "is blocked by, causes", 2)
This example returns all issues whose link type is either is blocked by or causes, and that are linked to a Task with priority set to Blocker. In addition only those issues where more than 2 issues are linked to the same issue will be returned.

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
subquery

A JQL query to select the issues that are linked to the returned issues.

Pro tip: Write the JQL query in single quotes instead of double quotes. Otherwise everytime a double-quotation is used in the subquery, they must be jumped with a slash, just like in the previous example.

linkTypes

The link type or link types that the returned issues should have. The list of link types should be a comma-separated list.
minimumLinked

A natural number larger than 0.

This function returns an


Short descriptionSearches for linked issues with a given subquery.
Output

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