Showing non idea work items in JPD

[Henri Volk]

Hi all,

I know that JPD is idea-based-only but I can link work items to deliveries. And in an ideal world there is discovery first and then delivery. Nevertheless, there are small issues popping up that need to be scheduled like a bug fix or small enhancements, etc which are not inherited from an initial idea but need to be planned into lets say a roadmap.

In order to to have all in one place I would like to visualize pure jira work items also in JPD in order to give an overview e.g. having a roadmap or even a simple list for the next release. As a release might be build from epics based on an idea plus not idea related issues, it would be helpful to display/discuss all in one place.

Is there any workaround to achieve this instead creating a mapped idea for each work item? How do you solve this?

Thanks in advance
Best, Henri

[Benjamin Anderson]

Hi Henri, I understand the challenge. One workaround is to create a lightweight ‘placeholder idea’ for each non-idea work item so it can appear in JPD. Alternatively, consider using a combined roadmap view or Jira filter that includes both idea-linked and standalone work items to visualize everything together without extra mapping.

[Henri Volk]

Hi Benjamin,

thanks for your thoughts. Well, creating a linked idea is what of course I want to avoid. If you talk about a "combined roadmap view or Jira filter" this wouldn't be in JPD, right? More like e.g. a Jira Dashboard? I don't like the idea to "look for product roadmap to JPD and look elsewhere for Release Roadmap" :-))

Best, 
Henri

[Ivan Manolov - JXL]

Hey @Henri Volk _amily_

I would agree there are workarounds but they are not perfect. To further elaborate on what @Christos Markoulatos has suggested and if you’re open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, your use case would also be easy to solve using the app that my team and I a working on: JXL for Jira.

JXL is a full-fledged spreadsheet/table view for your Jira data that allows viewing, inline-editing, copy-pasting, sorting, and filtering by all your work items' fields, much like you’d do in e.g. Excel, Google Sheets, Smartsheet, or Airtable. It also comes with a number of advanced features, including (configurable) issue hierarchies. These issue hierarchies in JXL can be based on Jira's built-in parent/child relationships (like epic/story, and story/sub-task), and/or based on issue links of configurable issue link types. As every JXL sheet is based on a JQL statement (or filter), and thus can pull in any number of issues across any number of projects, you can model a cross-JPD/JSM/JSW view in just a couple of clicks.

E.g., this is a somewhat simplified version of what you're looking for:

This shows JPD issues along with their related (i.e., linked) engineering issues - but you could also easily model a roadmap structure.

I should also add that JXL can do much more than the above: From support for sum-ups and grouping, to conditional formatting, or inline bulk editing via copy/paste.

Any questions just let me know,
Best,
Ivan

[Christos Markoulatos]

Hi @Henri Volk _amily_ 

JPD can only display ideas in its views as far as i know, only linking in the delivery tab is supported and once linked, JPD shows delivery progress and status on the idea and roadmap views. This gives visibility into execution without duplicating work. So there’s no native way to show standalone Jira issues like bugs or tasks directly. The usual workaround is to create a placeholder idea (e.g., “Q1 Bug Fixes”) and link all related Jira issues to it via the Delivery tab, so they appear in your roadmap context. If you need a combined timeline of ideas and non-idea work, tools like Advanced Roadmaps or Jira Software’s roadmap are better suited.

Hope that helps!

[Henri Volk]

Hi Christos,

thanks for that. Thats exactly how I did it for now. But this is cumbersome if you want to shift e.g. bug fixes between releases, as you need to do this using the (not very comfortable) delivery tab. (why the heck it always asks for the wrong project :-)) From the other end, I did not find any way to link a Jira work item to an idea from Jira. Do I miss something?

Best
Henri

[Christos Markoulatos]

I feel u Henri

i believe right now the only alternatives are to use 

• Plans (Jira Premium) — i believe it lets you group by custom fields like “Idea” and see delivery tickets alongside other issues. (not 100% sure on this)
• JXL for Jira (Marketplace app) — gives you a spreadsheet-like view across projects, including JPD and JSW, with hierarchy and filtering.

And for the linking, you can do it

[Henri Volk]

Thanks for the linking, but funny enough, although something is linked it does not show up in the delivery tab (tried "added to ideas" and "is idea for") :-(

Oh it goes here... :-(

[Christos Markoulatos]

then its my mistake, u know what try linking it from Jira with implemented and link the idea there.

[Henri Volk]

Not sure what this means / helps...

[Christos Markoulatos]

instead of "idea for" choose "implemented" in the drop down menu ;)