Mortise Apps bloghttps://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/Real Jira problems, worked through with sources.enMon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 See the whole blocker chain in Jira: from a flat list of issue links to a dependency graphhttps://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/see-the-whole-blocker-chain-in-jira-dependency-graph/https://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/see-the-whole-blocker-chain-in-jira-dependency-graph/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Jira shows issue links one issue at a time. A blocker three hops away stays invisible until it is late. Here is how to see the whole chain. Search Jira by team name: teamIn() and noTeam() instead of Team UUIDs in JQLhttps://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/search-jira-by-team-name-teamin-noteam-jql/https://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/search-jira-by-team-name-teamin-noteam-jql/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000JQL only matches the Atlassian Team field by UUID, and there is no built-in way to find issues with no team. Two JQL functions fix both. Jira dashboard by team: why the Atlassian Team field is missing from gadgets and how to report on it anywayhttps://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/jira-dashboard-by-team-atlassian-team-field-gadgets/https://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/jira-dashboard-by-team-atlassian-team-field-gadgets/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Jira's Pie Chart, Issue Statistics and Two Dimensional gadgets cannot group by the Atlassian Team field. Here is why, the usual workaround, and a cleaner fix. Circular dependencies in Jira: how loops of blocked-by links form, how to find them, and how to break themhttps://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/circular-dependencies-in-jira-find-and-break-blocked-by-loops/https://www.mortiseapps.com/blog/circular-dependencies-in-jira-find-and-break-blocked-by-loops/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Jira lets A block B, B block C and C block A without a warning. How the loops form, why Atlassian's own detection needs database access, and a faster way.