Swim Lanes not showing unless there is an issue in it

[Pete Bagdon]

We have JIRA cloud and recently created a new Kanban board. I want to see all swim lanes regardless whether there is an issue present in the lane. How do I configure?

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

@Pete Bagdon unfortunatly for the swim lane to show an issue has to be within it.  There currently is not a setting to force the swim lane if it is empty.

[Pete Bagdon]

Is this specific for Kanban Boards? I have a regular JIRA board where there is a User Acceptance swim lane and there is nothing in it right now; however, still showing...

[Brant Schroeder]

Yes, Kanban boards function differently than a Jira board in a Team managed project.  

[Pete Bagdon]

Thanks Brian!

[John Funk]

Hi Pete,

Yes, this is by design and keeps the board from being cluttered. If you don't see the swimlane then you know there are no issues in it. 

[Pete Bagdon]

Hi John, I have a regular board that shows a UAT swim lane with nothing in it. Could this be specific to Kanban?

[John Funk]

Yes, could be specific to Team-managed projects. If you could post an image of that for future readers, that would be great.