Find issues connected to OKRs with JQL in Jira

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If you want to find issues associated with your OKRs for bulk updates or analysis, you can use JQL (Jira Query Language) to search for issues connected to either a specific Key Result or to all KRs under a specific Objective.

Visit the Link Jira issues to KRs page to learn about linking Jira work items to Key Results.

JQL search in Jira

To use JQL search to find linked issues (Jira work items) to specific OKRs:

Select Search in the top navigation (or press / on your keyboard). Alternatively, select Filters in the sidebar.
Select View all work items at the bottom of the dropdown.
On the All work page, select JQL (next to the search bar).

Jira All Work page. The JQL button is highlighted.

Enter your JQL query and press Enter to run it. Your search results will be displayed based on the criteria in your JQL query.

JQL queries for searching linked issues

In the JQL input field, use the following queries to find issues connected to a Key Result or to all KRs under a specific Objective:

JQL query	Notes

JQL query	Notes
`linkedToKRs("KR-1, KR-2")`	Search for Jira work items linked to the specified KR using the KR key. e.g.: `issue in linkedToKRs("KR-1,KR-2")`
`linkedToObjectives("O-1, O-2")`	Search for Jira work items linked to all KRs under a specified Objective using the Objective key.
`kr="Key result name"` `issue.property[okrs2].krNames = "KR Name"`	Search for Jira work items linked to the specified KR using the KR name.
`objective="Objective name"` `issue.property[okrs2].objectiveNames = "Objective Name"`	Search for Jira work items linked to all KRs under a specified Objective using the Objective name.
`issue.property[okrs2].krIds = {id}`	Search for Jira work items linked to the specified KR using the KR ID.

The kr="Key result name" and objective="Objective name" queries will soon be deprecated.