Is there a way to group issues into sections in the Kanban Backlog?

[Lauren Navarro]

"Fake" sprints are a nice way to organize different sections of a backlog, but that's not what they're intended for. Other than quick filters, are there any other tricks to organizing issues using the Kanban backlog if there are multiple sub-teams who need to work from the same backlog prioritization?

[Ollie Guan]

Does Base Swimlanes on Queries in Kanban Configuration Meet Your Needs?

[johndpatton]

Here is one possible solution - multiple boards (we did something similar)

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/How-to-manage-more-SCRUM-teams-for-one-backlog/qaq-p/220057

[Tarun Sapra]

Swimlanes are for the "Active"(Kanban board) view and not for the backlog view.

[Lauren Navarro]

@Ollie Guan Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, that's only for the board and we're only looking to group issues in the backlog.

@johndpatton Thanks for the link! We do use multiple boards, but need to pull from one backlog.

[johndpatton]

One other thought was that you can have different fields on your backlog cards than your board... 

[Lauren Navarro]

Interesting idea! I'll have to add the new field and give it a try.