can I group a kanban by jira premium hierachy levels

[Elaine Cawthorne]

We have Jira premium and I'd like to group a kanban by the level above epics - there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this?  It seems as if logically it would be a useful thing to be able to do

[Marc -Devoteam-]

Hi @Elaine Cawthorne 

As you are on Jira premium.

You can use the Plan functionality, see the documentation

Make sure in administration the hierarchy is correctly set.

[Karan Sachdev]

Hey @Elaine Cawthorne

Good day!

You can try the below approach:

1. Go to Swimlanes configuration under the board settings.

2. Select the queries method and add swimlanes based on the work types.

for example, issuetype = Epic, issuetype = Feature, etc will be individual queries.

3. Return to the board and select Group by Queries.

Thanks!

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Karan Sachdev 

Did you try your suggestion? It does not work.

Those queries do not make a swimlane per each item of the given type.

[Karan Sachdev]

Hey @Trudy Claspill

It's working as expected on my end. Here are the screenshots from the board and swimlane configuration page:

Thanks!

[Karan Sachdev]

I just tested it with Initiatives as well (Level 2 on my site). It works as expected.

[Trudy Claspill]

I don't think that is what was asked for.

On an agile board if you choose the Epic option for Group, then you get a swimlane for each Epic and the swimlane contains cards for the child issues of the Epic.

I believe the request is to be able to do the same thing by selecting the work item type above Epic; i.e. Group by Initiatives would create a swimlane for each Initiative and the swimlane would contain cards for all the child items under the Initiative.

[Karan Sachdev]

Ah, got it! Thanks for clarifying @Trudy Claspill, I misinterpret the requirement.

That's a product limitation, such filtering/configuration can only be done with the work types available at Level 1 in the hierarchy.

As others have already suggested, switching to Advanced Roadmaps is the only way to achieve this.

Thanks!

[Trudy Claspill]

@Elaine Cawthorne 

The agile boards do not support creating swimlanes by the issue type added to the hierarchy above Level 1 (Epics). There is not a "board" view capable of doing that.

In the List View for a project you can see the hierarchical relationships between items in that one project.

To see the hierarchical relationship between items in interrelated project you would need to use the Plan option as mentioned by @Marc -Devoteam- 

[John Funk]

Hi Elaine,

The hierarchy is based on work types (issue types) so you can group by that on a board or list screen. Or create a timeline/plan and group by that. Or create swimlanes based on work type query.