How can I create multiple boards such that it is not replicated within other boards?

[SCF]

I want to create multiple boards for different initiative within Jira project access. How can I do so without have the issues replicate in each ? There is a query that should help distinguish. 

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @SCF and welcome to the Community!

I am not sure if I understand your question correctly. But it seems that you are confusing projects with boards. If not, feel free to correct me;

When reading your question, it looks as if you are looking to track different initiatives (I assume you mean actual projects) in different, separate places in Jira. Issues are stored in Jira projects, so if you want separated places for your issues, create separate projects for them.

Boards are just views on those issues. You seem to have already found that a board is using a filter to retrieve the issues it displays. That filter can contain one or multiple projects, and you can configure that any way you like. 

In short, if you want to make sure issues are stored in Jira by initiative, you could start by creating separate projects for each initiative. If you want to make sure issues only appear on one board, you control that by the filters of the boards. As long as the filters of your boards do not pull in the same issues, you should be able to achieve what you describe.

a quick example to illustrate how things work:

Suppose you have 2 Jira projects, that each have their own board, Project A and Project B. The project board of project A would have a board filter like this:

Project = "Project A" ORDER BY Rank

And project B would have a board filter like this:

Project = "Project B" ORDER BY Rank

If you have a team that works on both project A and B and you want to create a single team board with issues for both projects, your team board would have a board filter like this:

Project IN ("Project A", "Project B") ORDER BY Rank

You would be creating issues in project A and project B separately, but if you keep both the project AND the team boards, you will be seeing issues on multiple boards. If you change e.g. the issue status of an issue on either board, you will see that change reflected in all boards, simply because the board just displays the issue as it is.

Hope this helps!