backlog task position

[Yuriy Lozhkin]

Hi all! Is there a way to determine the position of a task in a backlog or jql query?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

What do you mean by "position"? 

Issues are ordered in filters and backlogs by the order of the filter or view.  "Position", used alone, is useless because it is out of context.  You need to look at how the list is ordered before you can say what the "position" is. 

Once you've got the context, the next thing to do is explain what you want from "position"?

[Yuriy Lozhkin]

Hi Nic. When creating a task, I need to know at what position the task falls into the backlog, then I want to send a notification in the body of the message which will be: created a task TP-7, position in the backlog 7

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

A backlog is not a container for issues, it's displaying them.  The order in a backlog is only useful when looking at that backlog. 

You could have created this issue in many different backlogs, all in different "positions" in each one, and as soon as you create another issue, let alone someone start using the backlog to prioritise, the position in the backlog is obsolete.

If you insist on doing it, you'll need to write some code that can somehow determine which one backlog you want to report on, work out where the issue falls at the point of creation and feed that into the mail.  Hopefully before the position changes.

I go back to questionting the use - why do you think this is important and should go into a notification?