How to reorder Statuses in list view

[Isabel Green]

I'm in a team-managed space where we monitor the progression of items using status. The statuses are not in the same order as on the board, and we would like them to be.

For a simple example:

In the board, they are = Project began -> project in progress -> Project Completed

In list view, they are = Project in progress -> Project began -> Project Complete.

(generic names used for example)

[Stephen_Lugton]

Hi @Isabel Green 

Just to confirm; you're looking at the order of statuses as they appear in the list view rather than as they appear in the workflow transition?

If that is the case, the generic names you've given us in your example may be masking the issue from us, can you check whether the actual statuses you use are in alphabetical order, for example, in your list?

@Dick's answer refers to the order that the workflow transitions appear in the status dropdown on the work item, which is different to the order they appear in a list view.

[Isabel Green]

Okay, so this is what my listen view order looks like: 

They are grouped by status, and I'm just trying to have them in the same order they appear in board view.

[Stephen_Lugton]

ok, yes I'm seeing the same as you, the order they are appearing in appears to be related to the status ID.

My test list is sorted in this order:

Like you, this is different to my board column order.

When you look at the text version of the workflow you can see the Status (id), it looks as if the list view sorts by To Do -> In Progress -> Done, but within each of the status categories it sorts in reverse id order (i.e. highest to lowest):

Unfortunately I don't know if it's possible to change the sort order, but if anyone else does know, this may help them provide an answer.

[Isabel Green]

Thanks for trying :)

[Dick]

Status changes can have an order. Their behavior is governed by adding the property opsbar-sequence (it's a key-value pair). It has been explained previously in this forums here:

How-to-set-the-order-of-workflow-transitions 

The key is called opsbar-sequence and the allowed values are integers. Best keep the values a bit apart, so you have space to put a workflow transition in between two existing ones.

Kind regards,
Dick

[Isabel Green]

Hi Dick,

Thanks for replying, I've used opsbar-sequence and jira just seems to ignore it.

kind regards 

Isabel  Green

[Dick]

Hi @Isabel Green 
Can you post a picture as to where you've put this key-value pair?
This would help to pinpoint why it's not working for you.

Kind regards,
Dick