issueInBacklog

The use of this function requires the Power Scripts for Jira add-on be installed and licensed.

Description

Checks whether the issue with the provided issue key is in the board backlog.If you don't provide the board, the plugin will try to look through all boards to see if issue is in a backlog.

Parameters

Return Type

Boolean

'True' if issue is in backlog, 'false' otherwise.

Example

boolean result = issueInBacklog("AGILE-3"); // or boolean result = issueInBacklog("AGILE-3", "agileBoardName");

1. If there is no issue with that issue key, an exception will be raised. 2. If no board is found, an exception will be raised. 3. The user must have enough permissions to perform this action.

See also

Peacock