parent()

This function returns the parent issue of current issue according to Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy, i.e., the issue which is immediately above in the hierarchy.

Advanced Roadmaps hierarchy includes:

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

Example:

Syntax

parent() #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
parent()	Considering that current issue is JWT-3, this expression returns the parent of this issue: JWT-1

Output

This function returns an ISSUE LIST

Variant where you additionally define issues.

Duplicated issues are filtered from the output.

Syntax

parent(issueList) #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
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-8 To achieve this the following functions are used: linkedIssues()

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`issueList`	ISSUE LIST	Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g. linkedIssues() or issuesUnderEpic()).

Output

This function returns an ISSUE LIST

Variant where you define issue keys instead.

Syntax

parent(issueKeys) #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
parent("JWT-7, JWT-13")	This example returns parent issues of JWT-7 and JWT-13: JWT-2, JWT-12

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`issueKeys`	TEXT	A comma separated list of issue keys.

Output

This function returns an ISSUE LIST

Function issuesUnder() should be used for retrieving children issues in level just under the given issues.

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