Show project tasks on Personal Task board

[Colleen Gotling]

 I hope I can explain this properly.  I have numerous projects in jira with tasks assigned to me.  I also have things I need to do outside of jira.  I want to be able to add tasks to my Personal task list in Jira and have ALL my tasks show on the board.  I am not seeing how I can provide a custom filter to the personal task list so that it shows all tasks assigned to me regardless of the "project".  Is this possible?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Absolutely - all you need to do is create a filter (saved search) for the issues you want to see, and then create a new board that uses that filter.

I've got exactly that in several Jira systems.  My filter is something along the lines of "(assignee = nic or label = nic) and resolution = unresolved)"

Your personal tasks will need to be created as issues in a project somewhere for this to work though.

[Mark Segall]

Hi @Colleen Gotling - Your board filter is as simple as this:

Assignee = currentUser()

though I would make it drop off resolved issues with something like this:

Assignee = currentUser() AND (resolved IS EMPTY OR resolved >= -3d)

[Colleen Gotling]

Thank you, I understand the board filter but the problem is that I am not seeing where to set the board filter on the Personal Project.

[Mark Segall]

ok - It looks like you're working with a Team Managed Project.  It's still possible to create a unique board, but it won't cleanly tie to your project.  You could take these steps:

1. Navigate to Boards

   1. https://YOURINSTANCE.atlassian.net/jira/boards

2. Click Create Board
3. Use the filter recommended earlier as the source for the board
4. Once the board is created, you can Star it so it appears under Your Work >> Boards from the top menu.  You can save the board to your profile so it's tied to your account.
5. On your project, you can create a shortcut to it so it's available from your project.

[Byron Barker]

Hi Colleen, the Assignee = currentUser() filter board approach the others mentioned is the right way to get a unified view of all your assigned Jira issues across projects.

For the personal to-dos you need to track outside of Jira, you might want to check out Apollo - Checklist for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace. It has a dedicated Personal Checklist area — a standalone space for your own tasks that lives separately from your team's Jira issues.

That way, you can manage your personal to-dos in the same tool without them cluttering up the team's backlog or boards.