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parent()


This function returns the parent issue of a given issue based on the issue hierarchy configured in Jira cloud.

The hierarchy includes:

  • Issues linked via the Parent Link field

  • Issues linked through Epic-Story relationships

  • Sub-tasks under standard issues

If the issue is a sub-task, its direct parent is returned. For other issue types, the function returns the issue directly above it in the configured hierarchy.


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parent() #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression

Description
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%{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.

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parent(issueList) #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression

Description
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%{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:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter

Input (data type)

Description

issueList

ISSUElist

Any given issue list.

Output

This function returns an ISSUE list


ariant where you define issue keys instead.

Duplicated issues are filtered from the output.

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parent(issueKeys) #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression

Description
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%{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 text containing issue keys separated by commas.

Output

This function returns an issue list

To return the issues just under an Epic, you might want to have a look into the issuesUnderEpic() function.

To return all issues under the same Epic, you might want to have a look into the siblingIssuesUnderEpic() function.

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