the purpose of kanban subfilter

[Rim Ben Rejab]

Hello guys,

this might seem like an obvious question but what does a kanban subfilter really do?

I know that it refines reports but I dont undertand the meaning behind the filter "fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() OR fixVersion is EMPTY"  and I don't find any subfilter button on my cumulative flow diagram.

Thanks

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Rim Ben Rejab 

fixVersion in unrealeasedVersions() means that if there is a value in the Fix Version field, the Version specified has a status of Unreleased.

fixVersion is EMPTY means there is no value in the Fix Version/s field.

The impact of that specific subfilter is hiding the issues that have a Fix Version value specifying a Version that has been Released.

The purpose of having that when the Fix Version field is set that indicates the version in which the fix/change has been or will be implemented. If the Version status is Released, that means the change has been released, and then theoretically all the work is "done" and issue no longer needs to be displayed on the board.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Rim Ben Rejab 

Adding to Trudy's answer...

The filter for a board impacts what is shown for the backlog, board, and reports.

The Kanban sub-filter further reduces what is shown on the board only.  It has no impact on the backlog or reports.  (Some of the built-in reports have additional options to filter what is shown, such as for the Control Chart.)

The default for the Kanban sub-filter is one way for teams using Kanban to decide when to remove completed items from display on the board, based on the releases.  Contrast this to teams using Scrum practices, where the completion of each Sprint resets the scope shown on the board.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Bojana Vasic]

Hi @Bill Sheboy 
I have actually seen even the backlog being affected of the Kanban sub-filter, not only the board.

[Bojana Vasic]

In case you would need issues of e.g., Low priority (or any other) to disappear automatically when they are dragged to the Done column, here is the query for the board sub-filter: 

project = "XXX" AND (priority in (Medium, High, Highest, Critical) OR priority in (Low) AND resolution = EMPTY)