Hello. Seeing as how this has been left open since 2016, I made a temporary solution using scriptrunner, which adds a button to any Epic issue view page, that links to a navigator view where you can sort and modify the columns.
Here's what I did, if anyone wants to do similar:
- I added a Script Fragment (Custom Web Item)
- Added a condition so that it only shows on issues with issuetype of "Epic" (issue.issueType.name.toString().toLowerCase() == "epic")
- Set it to navigate to a link
- Set the link to: /issues/?filter=19500&jql=%22Epic%20Link%22%20%3D%20${issue.key}%20ORDER%20BY%20created (notice the ${issue.key} which gets the currently visible issue key, and places it into the JQL in the URL)
- For the "What section should this go in", I set it to "operations-restore", which is the strip of buttons at the top of each issue (where the workflow transition buttons are), and named it "View Epic Issues".
I also
- Created a "template" filter, and put a default JQL in there pointing to a specific epic. with JQL: "Epic Link" = "something that exists in your instance"
- Saved it as a meaningful name, and set view permissions to all users, and edit permissions to jira-administrators
- Chose "Filter" from the "Columns" dropdown, and set the columns as I want them to appear by default.
- Used that filter number in the URL on item 4 above (in my example, it's filter=19500, but yours will be different).
You end up with a button that only appears on Epic issuetypes, to the right of all your other normal issue buttons/dropdowns. Clicking the link takes you to an issue navigator view of the issues within that epic, in a regular sortable table. You can modify the columns as a user, by clicking "Columns > My Defaults".
I made the 350 mark. How many more signatures do you guys need?