Enabling ranking

[Blessing Ugbo]

I want to display Sub-task with associated parent task hierarchy, but the instructions I got was to enable "Ranking" but I cant seem to find the Add Ranking option as stated in your documentation.

[Blessing Ugbo]

Do I need to log-in as admin?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Go to the board configuration and check that the board filter includes "order by rank"

[Blessing Ugbo]

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I dont see that option...See attachement

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You can see it in your screenshot - it's got "order by rank" in it already.

That means you have ranking enabled, and don't need to do anything.

So, the next question is "where are you looking when you say ' display Sub-task with associated parent task hierarchy,' ?"

[Blessing Ugbo]

Here's a sequence of what I am doing,,,,

1. Log in to JIRA > Boards (select a board) > click Configure -----At which point I should see the option to "Order by rank" Attached is another screen grab.JIRA2.PNG

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

No.

Your screenshot is of the quick filter configuration.  That has nothing to do with ranking, it's about hiding and showing a sub-set of the data on your board.

Your first screenshot was where you enable ranking, and it was showing as already done.

So, again, where are you trying to "display sub-task with parent task"?

[Blessing Ugbo]

(I see use "Ranking now" thanks for pointing that out) However, I want be able show sub-tasks associated with parent task in a hierarchy format (possibly expand and collapse the view). In open issue view 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes, I know what you're trying to see, but you still have not explained where you want to see this.  What do you mean by "in open issue view"?

[Blessing Ugbo]

 I want to be able to see this in "Issues" for each project. And would like to know if I can view this format on my dashboard filter also. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I'm sorry, but "in issues for each project" tells us nothing about where you want to see this.

I'm not sure what "format" you are looking for, but a dashboard filter can easily include and display sub-tasks, and that has nothing to do with ranking

[Blessing Ugbo]

OK....I don't think we are on the same page. I want to be able to display Sub task associated with Parent task... On the current attachment I can't tell what sub-task is associated to what task unless i click on the task to view detail.jira3.PNG

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ok, that view is the "issue navigator" which is designed to show you the results of a filter.

The simple list on the left really is very simple and just lists the results, ordered by whatever you have selected for ordering.  It's not really aware of parent/subtask stuff, it just lists your issues in the order chosen.

I often write or install a simple "parent" scripted field which effectively adds "parent" to the sort order, which then at least groups them together in here, but this is not the place Atlassian generally intend parent/subtasks to be shown.   Sorting the list by rank might work quite well here though, because sub-tasks belong to their parents and hence have the same rank, so they should be grouped if you select to order by rank here.

[Blessing Ugbo]

Thanks for that clarification, but sorting don't quit work..However can you show me how to create and add the script and where does Atlassian intend to view task and sub-task? thanks!

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

As sub-tasks belong to parents, the general ida is that you'd work with sub-tasks within them - the best display of sub-tasks for most purposes is within the parent issues.  They are still issues though, so you can still report on and use them everywhere else.

The script I used in the past (and the add-on I wrote, which is essentially the same code) relies on Script Runner.  It doesn't do a lot more than being a scripted field with an output based on the pseudo-code:

if (issue is a subtask type)
  $issue.getParentIssue.getKey() + $issue.getParentIssue.getSummary()
else
  $issue.getKey() + $issue.getSummary()
fi