Dependencies for Jira

Map dependencies between Jira cards either directly on your planner, or anywhere on a Miro board, and instantly sync them in Jira. With the Dependencies app you can identify, visualize, discuss and record dependencies between teams in real-time during planning exercises. 

Available for: Business Plan, Enterprise Plan

Available on: Desktop browser, Desktop app

How dependencies work

Dependencies appear as a layer of connecting lines, and show relationships between Jira cards. 

They are only visible when dependencies are open on the board. Participants can filter different dependency types to discuss blockers and relationships.

Dependencies mapped between Jira cards on a Planner widget

How to create a new dependency 

1. Go to the Collaboration toolbar in the top-right of the board
2. Click the Dependencies icon
3. The Dependencies panel will open
4. Click New dependency
5. Click First card and select a Jira issue from the dropdown or via search 
6. Select the Dependency type based on those available in your Jira instance (for example, blocks, clones, duplicates, or relates to)
7. Click Second card and select a Jira issue from the dropdown or via search 
8. Click Save draft, or Save to Jira directly

💡 Draft dependencies are saved only in Miro. You can create draft dependencies as suggestions to other participants and teams during planning exercises. Once they’ve been reviewed and discussed you can then either save them to Jira or delete them.

Creating a new dependency and saving it to Jira

How to view and filter dependencies

1. Go to the Collaboration toolbar in the top-right of the board
2. Click the Dependencies icon
3. The Dependencies panel will open, and any existing dependencies will appear as lines on the Planner widget
4. Click the Filter icon at the top of the Dependencies panel
5. Use the toggles to filter by Dependency type and Sync status 

Dotted lines show draft dependencies, and solid lines show dependencies that have been synced to Jira. The line color represents the dependency type.

Filtering the dependency view on the Planner widget

How to edit, save, revert or delete a dependency

1. Go to the Collaboration toolbar in the top-right of the board
2. Click the Dependencies icon
3. The Dependencies panel will open
4. Click the Edit icon next to a dependency

Editing a dependency

You can change the First card and Second card of a dependency, as well as the dependency type.

Changing the First card and Dependency type

Click Save to Jira to save and sync a draft dependency to Jira.

Saving a draft dependency to Jira 

Click Revert to draft to revert a synced dependency back to draft.

Reverting a synced dependency in Jira back to draft

Click the Trash icon to delete a dependency.
Deleting a dependency