Traceability Reports

Owned by Dheeraj Kumar Aggarwal
Last updated: May 17, 2023 by G H Mahimaanvita
3 min read



Links Explorer Traceability & Hierarchy offers the following types of traceability reports

  • Issue type Traceability Report

  • Link type Traceability Report

  • Tree formatted Traceability Report

All of these reports generate end to end traceability displaying issues linked in Jira in an easy to comprehend tabular/tree format. 

You can access the Traceability Reports in the following way:

  1. Clicking on Apps Menu in the naviagtion bar.

  2. Choose the Links Explorer Menu Item as shown in figure below:

You will now be able to see the Traceability Reports application:

Links Explorer - Traceability Reports

  • Select any pre-saved filter using the Filter drop-down or use the JQL editor to filter issues by entering a new JQL Query. The filtered issues would be used to construct the report.



  • You can use the tabs panel to switch among the Report Views - Issue Type View, Link Type View and Tree View





Issue type View

This report displays traceability between issue types. For each filtered issue, it displays information about the issue and its related issue types in a row.



Link Type View

This report displays traceability between linked issues. For each filtered issue, the report displays information about the issue and corresponding link types



Tree View

This report displays traceability in tree structure. Each filtered issue appears as a main branch which can be expanded to see the linked issues. Filters can be applied on children on various attributes e.g. priority, issue type etc by using the `Priority`, `Issue Type` dropdowns.

Orphan Issues

The tree can also show orphan issues (issues which are independent and without any parent/subtasks) in a branch.
To toggle the appearance of the orphan issues, the `Show/Hide Orphan Issues` button can be used.

The load more orphan issues button can be used to load more orphan issues if present.