Kanban Backlog Epic Panel - Hide completed Epics?

[rwheeloc]

As in the description - when using Kanban Board with Backlog and Epic Panel enabled, is there any way to hide Epics that have been completed? Epic panel seems to be filling up with past Epics that are already in 'Done' status.

[Mikael Sandberg]

Epics currently have two statuses, the default based on the workflow and Epic status. As long as the epic status is not set to done they will show up in the epic panel. My recommendation is that you either use a post function to set the epic status(only works if you have a dedicated workflow for epics) or an automation that sets it when transitioning to done. Note that this only applies to company-managed projects.

[rwheeloc]

Thanks for the response!

We were previously seeing Epics in the Epic panel even after their status had been set to done or cancelled. It sounds like this is not expected behavior?

I've been able to work around this by adding this to the board filter, but it may not be  the ideal solution:

((issuetype = Epic AND status not in (Done, Cancelled)) OR (issuetype != Epic))

[Patricia Francezi]

Hi @rwheeloc 

You can configure sub-filers if you're using a Company Managed project

KB for that https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/add-a-sub-filter-to-a-company-managed-kanban-board/

[rwheeloc]

Thanks! I hadn't previously noticed the sub-filter option. I tried adding something like this:

((issuetype = Epic AND status not in (Done, Cancelled)) OR issuetype != Epic)

Unfortunately, the parentheses would always be automatically removed, so it didn't have the intended effect.

[__ Jimi Wikman]

Do they still remain after you release your Kanban board?

[rwheeloc]

We've not been using the release feature. Is that required?

[__ Jimi Wikman]

No, I have seen Epics got stuck once before though when the board was very big with closed, but unreleased items.

If you want to remove epics, then they need a second step after you close them. Click on the color arrow as if setting the color, and at the bottom of that you will see "Mark as done".

Click that and when you reload the page the epic should be gone.