Backlog showing done issues

[Kelsey Mortimer]

I have setup my backlog and expected that items in the "Done" status type would no longer appear on my backlog (but would appear in the Sprint board.  I can't get the "Done" items to not appear on my backlog.  Why not?

[Alexey Matveev]

Hello,

The filter for the board defines issues, which are shown in the backlog. It means that your filter chooses these items.

On the other hand if you added a ticket to your sprint and the ticket was in the most right column of the board, when you closed the sprint, the ticket is considered to be accomplished and it will not appear in the backlog.

[Kelsey Mortimer]

If I filter out closed items they don't appear in the sprints either so I can't filter them out.  The scenario I am looking at is when I decide I simply want to close an item on the backlog and never do the work at all.  In that case, I just want it to be removed from my backlog but I can't get it off?  I guess the "workaround" for that is to create a "Sprint" that I can move "Won't Do" items into it and close out that sprint?

I am just used to TFS where the backlog only shows Open items and the sprint backlog shows Open and Closed items.

There is no way to have a difference between Backlog and Sprint filters then?

Thanks for your response.

[Alexey Matveev]

You can create a status in your workflow Canceled and you should not select issues with the Canceled status to your board. You filter needs a condition like this

and status <> Canceled.

[Kelsey Mortimer]

Ah, perfect.  Thanks for the tip.

[Alexey Matveev]

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