Can I automate assigning an item to a different board?

[Matthew Moore]

Hi! I have one project with multiple boards and I would like to automatically assign different Issue Types to different boards.

Is there a way to do this through the Automation section? What field would I use to define the Boards?

Thanks!

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Community!

Boards are not containers for issues, they're a view of a selection.  "assigning issue/moving issue to a board" is the wrong way to think about it.

But, yes, it is easy to have boards based on issue type.  Just change the board selection to include the types you want.

Assuming you've got one simple project, boards created there will default to using "project = XYZ".  Change that to "project = XYZ and issue-type = bug", then create a new board with a filter modified for feature, another for issue, and so-on.  

You don't need to change issue data or automate anything to do this, just get the board selections right, and everything will work automatically.

I'd recommend also thinking about sub-tasks if you're going to use them - "project = xyz and issue type in (Bug, subtaskissuetypes() )" should make them behave.

[Matthew Moore]

Thanks!