Adding pre-existing epics to a kanban board

[John Chapman]

Hi,

I have set up a kanban board for a project which contains several epics using a filter (Board->Configure->General->Filter):

project = "My Project" AND ("Epic Link" = ITEM-1 OR "Epic Link" = ITEM-2)

In the backlog neither of these epics appears on the "Epics" panel. There is an option to create epics but they already exist! Is this something I have to turn on or should I be using a different filter?

Thanks!

John

[Fernando Bordallo · Accepted solution]

Hello @John Chapman

The problem you are facing is that the backlog will only display the epics that are part of that particular backlog. The Board CAN be configured through JQL filters to display cross project epics/issues, but the backlog is scoped to the project.

[John Chapman]

HI @Fernando Bordallo ,

This worked. I changed my Kanban filter to

project = "My Project" AND ("Epic Link" = ITEM-1 OR "Epic Link" = ITEM-2) OR (Key = ITEM-1 OR Key = ITEM-2)

and they appeared. This is a bit clunky, especially if I add more Epics to the project, but it does the job!

Thanks very much.

[Fernando Bordallo]

Great to hear!! 🚀