Trying to copy a Kanban Board - No Copy command

[deseymour]

I am trying to copy a Kanban board, but I do not have any of the commands that are discussed in all the documentation. I don't know if things have changed again and now the documentation is not correct anymore (that has happened to me several times before). Can anyone help? It is a company managed space and I've included a screenshot of the commands available to me when I click the three dots next to the board. 

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @deseymour 

Can you provide links to the documentation you are referencing so that we can review it also?

Have you tried the steps In this document?

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/copy-an-existing-board/

[deseymour]

Well, it looks like I was misreading I guess. I was trying to go to the search bar when I was in the board and there is no dropdown when I do that. Thanks for making me look back at what I was reading...also, why is the search bar where you go to copy a board or the only way to get to the boards you have in Jira? That seems not at all intuitive.

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi @deseymour 

Basically, just click in the Search box at the top of the screen. Then click on the Boards link/button near the bottom of the popup. 

This will give you a list of boards in your Jira instance. Find your board you want to copy and then click the 3 dots menu to the ight and select Copy. 

[deseymour]

Yes, thank you! I was trying to click search after I was already in the board I wanted to copy which doesn't work. 

[John Funk]

Glad you were able to get it done.  :-)

[Rik de Valk _Brainboss_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @deseymour , the 'Copy board' option from the 3-dots menu has been gone since the big UI overhaul. So you now have to go to the 'All boards list'. 

1. Click in the top search bar
2. At the bottom of the search bar dialoge click on the 'boards' button
3. Find the board you want to copy
4. Click the 3 dots behind the board and choose 'Copy'

I personally don't really mind this 'hidden board copy' because in the past people used to regularly hit the 'Copy' option in the Board configure menu by accident sooooo many times! The average Jira instance had 20% accidentally copied boards :)

Have a nice day! Rik