Query for Top-Level Issues
Hi,
I would like to query for issues without parent issues. I checked the documentation (http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/YTD5/Search+and+Command+Attributes) but could not find a way to express it. I expected something like "link: {}" or "parent for: none" but had no luck.
Does anyone know of a way to search for issues without parents (or without other forms of links)?
sven
I would like to query for issues without parent issues. I checked the documentation (http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/YTD5/Search+and+Command+Attributes) but could not find a way to express it. I expected something like "link: {}" or "parent for: none" but had no luck.
Does anyone know of a way to search for issues without parents (or without other forms of links)?
sven
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Here is the query which excludes issues with links:
Here is the query which excludes parent tasks:
has: -{Parent for}thanks for your answer. Worked like a charm. And now that I know what to look for, I see the feature is documented (brief, but readable). See http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/YTD5/Search+and+Command+Attributes#SearchandCommandAttributes-GeneralSearchAttributes first entry.
sven
You are welcome. Glad to hear this.
Yes, it's documented, but sometimes it's better to provide an example =)
Thank you.
Is this still applicable to the current YouTrack (2025) version? Seems tricky to get it working and I either get all the tickets (for the first query) or none (for the second).
Can you help me out with the new query here please. I want to build a query that will return the list of top level items (anything! either it be a bug, task, epic etc) for a given project.
Documentation I found: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/server/sample-search-queries.html#searching-multiple-attributes
Seem to talk about the child queries, but not much about the parent, and I'm quite new with YouTrack hence may take longer to figure this out I suppose.
Hello,
I'm Lena from the YouTrack Team.
The
has:attribute is still valid in v.2025.1. Here are the corresponding docs: has attribute. I just tested, and thehas: {Parent for}search condition returns only the issue which has children. If this query works differently for you, please contact our support using this direct link: https://jb.gg/ytsupHello Lena Vostrikova ,
Seem to be valid, you're right in that. However, a “Query for top level” Issues, mean that the issues resulting in a query should not have and links that say “not having sub-task-of links”.
How is it possible to get that done?
Say, something like:
- ( has: {Subtask of} )perhaps…?
Hello,
I believe the
has: -{Subtask of}search will work for this case. Please check it.Thank you, Lena Vostrikova .
has: -{Subtask of}worked!You are welcome!