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Summary
Imagine your project is already overdue, and the issues scheduled for the next release depend on issues in multiple different projects.Managing this is usually a nightmare, but with projects. Finding and managing these issues can be time-consuming and complicated. With JQL Search Extensions for JIRA Jira, you can easily identify all issues blocking your project.
Step 1: Create a new dashboard
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Go to Dashboards > Create dashboard.
Name the dashboard
Project blockers
, then click Save.
Step 2: Create a filter with a JQL query
Go to Jira advanced issue search (issue navigator)
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Enter the JQL query using JQL Search Extensions keywords to find issues blocking your release:
Code Block language sql
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linkType = blocks AND linkedByIssueProject = SEARCH and linkedIssueStatusCategory != "Done"
Click Save filter.
Name the filter
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Issues blocking
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search project
then click Save.(Optional) You can further narrow
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this search, with these options:
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Try
linkedIssueType = Story
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to search for issues
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that are blockers for stories in your project.
Try
linkedIssuePriority = Blocker
to search for issues
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that are
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dependent on blockers in your backlog.
Try adding more keywords
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:
assignee = unassigned
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to identify issues
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that are being worked on
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See all available Links keywords in the JQL functions and keywords reference page. |
Step 3: Present data on the dashboard
Add the following gadgets to the new dashboard that you created in Step 1:
Filter Results gadget
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: use the saved filter:
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Issues blocking
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search project
.Pie Chart gadget
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: use the saved filter:
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Issues blocking
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search project
and set statistic type to
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Status.
Issue
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Statistics gadget: use the saved filter:
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Issues blocking
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search project
and set statistic type to
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Project.
Created vs
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Resolved gadget, use saved filter:
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Issues blocking
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search project
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Configured gadgets give you a live insight into how your project depend depends on other projects, what are the exact issues that your project depend depends on, what is the status of these issues, and if whether the dependencies are closed quicker than the new ones are created. Get JQL Search Extensions and find the blocking issues now!
Interactive walkthrough
Follow the interactive demo to see how to recreate the use case in the app.
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Interactive demo of the use case described on this page.