How to enable swimlanes, or show subtasks in my kanban board?

[Matt Emmott]

I've spun up an evaluation version of Jira. It is currently in a Premium trial. I've set up my Kanban board with multiple stories and tasks (I'm still experimenting with different item types). The stories and tasks have subtasks defined, but I can't get the subtasks to show up in my Kanban board.

In researching the issue it seems like one option is to enable swimlanes on my board. However when I click the ellipses and go to board settings, there is no menu item for swimlanes. How can I enable swimlanes, or alternatively, show my subtasks under the story/task items that are already in my board?

[Danut M _StonikByte_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Matt Emmott,

Try setting GROUP BY: Subtask. This will make the board display swim lanes based on parent tasks/stories with subtasks.

Danut. 

[Matt Emmott]

Perfect, that worked! Thank you!

[arielei]

Hey @Matt Emmott 

Go to your board and Configure Board -> Swimlanes and set the method to "Stories"

This will show you the Task/Story as the first line and beneath it all sub-tasks.

Hope that helps.

Ariel.

[Matt Emmott]

Thanks but as mentioned in my original post, there is no "swimlanes" setting in the Board Settings page... Or I'm missing it. See screenshot:

[arielei]

Hey @Matt Emmott 

From your image - you are using a Team-Managed project which doesnt support swimlanes!

If you want swimlanes - you need to switch to Company-Managed projects.