Board - Group by Workstream is gone

[Sid Zhang]

I notice the Board experience changed several times during the past month. 

Today I see the Group by workstream is gone. 

Is this some UI upgrade?

[Paul Glantschnig _Appfire_]

Hi @Sid Zhang,

Just adding one more option in case the JQL-swimlane workaround mentioned by @Arkadiusz Wroblewski  on a Jira Software board is more setup than you want.

If you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, JXL for Jira (the app my team and I work on) lets you group a sheet by any field, including custom fields like Workstream or Team. You scope the sheet with the same JQL your board uses, switch on grouping for the workstream field, and you get a single view with each workstream as a collapsible section, plus optional sum-ups per group (count, story points, etc.).

It is not a Kanban board substitute. If you specifically need columns by status with cards you drag across, the JQL-swimlane approach is the right native call. But for "show me my work organised by workstream" without admin involvement, it is usually quicker than waiting on the support ticket.

Disclosure: I work for the team that builds JXL.

Best regards, Paul

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

Hello @Sid Zhang 

Fun fact I never seen there Workstream.

Since you are on Enterprise, you should raise this with Atlassian Support, if the option disappeared during a rollout and it changed an existing working process. 

They can confirm whether this is an intended UI change, a feature rollout, or something controlled by release tracks/beta features on your site.

Best,

Arkadiusz 🤠 

[Sid Zhang]

Thanks 

It seems like I cannot open a ticket because I am not an admin?

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

@Sid Zhang 

Then please just bring it up internally to your admin.

Regards,

Arkadiusz🤠☀️

[Sid Zhang]

Ok. I don't want to wait for my admin to submit the ticket for me.

I am sure I could group tasks by workstreams in Kanban view. I could really use some help from the community.

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

@Sid Zhang 

Jira's business board Group by menu natively only supports Status, Priority, Assignee, and Category. "Workstream" isn't a standard option, meaning it was likely configured as a Category value that someone recently changed or cleared.

If you need true grouping by a custom field, the business board won't work. The best workaround is to create a standard Jira Software board and use JQL swimlanes for each stream:

`"Workstream" = "Security"`
`"Workstream" = "Infrastructure"`

If this option disappeared overnight for everyone on your team, have your Jira admin report it to Atlassian Support to check if a recent UI rollout or bug broke the view.

Best,

Arkadiusz🤠