Can I sort my backlog ascending or descending by issue number?

[Scott (ScottB) Blair]

I want to sort the backlog by the issue number either ascending or descending so that I can quickly group older user stories.

[Scott (ScottB) Blair]

I was looking for way to create a quick filter to order the backlog numerically highest issue number to lowest for a one-time-only analysis. The backlog is small enough that it was easier to do it manually.

Thank you for your reply

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Sort of, but it's not going to help you that much.  The issue field is sortable, but it's the full issue key, not just the sequence, so it has the project key as the first part. 

So, if you're going to try to use it for age, you could easily find project ABC first on the list when it's between CDE and XYZ in terms of age.

Even if you could sort on just the numbers, it still wouldn't work for age.  An issue 345 (in project ABC) could easily be younger or older than 346 (in project XYZ)

Within a single project though, the sequence does become useful as a judge of age (as everything starts ABC, the numbers sort next), and sorting on the key will work.

For mixed boards/searches, the "created" or "updated" fields might be more useful as a judge of aging.