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How can I add an "empty" board in a (classic) Scrum project?

Sebastian Mühleis_22qeil

Hello community 😃👋🏻

When I recently wanted to add a board to a Scrum project (the basic is classic, not next-gen, because I need several of the features of the classic type), I had the possibilities to either use a board of an existing project, or create an „empty“ board (not talking about the third option, the JQL One).

So I chose the existing project and was totally confused when it showed all ongoing sprints etc. - I just wanted an “empty” board (with all the pre-settings of the already existing project).

When I chose an “empty” board, I created a completely new project - with completely new settings - what can I do?

And although I guessed that this topic should’ve been brought up somewhere in the community, I didn’t find it.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Sebastian

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John Funk

Hi Sebastian - Usually just copy and existing board that has the setup that I want. Then I change the underlying filter for the issues I want to see.

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John Funk

Hi Sebastian - Usually just copy and existing board that has the setup that I want. Then I change the underlying filter for the issues I want to see.

Sebastian Mühleis_22qeil

Hey John,

once again thanks for the quick and helpful answer. What I don't get here: If I replicate (in other terms: copy) a board, it'll have all the backlog items on it, the board its copied from has on it, right? But that clearly will be problematic regarding my reports and my output in Portfolio for Jira. Or am I missing something? Only because I set a filter doesn't mean that the data isn't there, right?

Thanks again - and looking forward for your next reply :-)

Sebastian

John Funk

The items (i.e. issues) on a board are based on the filter - nothing else. So if you copy a board, it will copy it with the existing filter. All you need to do is edit the board by going to Board Settings and change out the filter for the board. The board will now show the issues that your new filter provides.

The board is nothing more than a view of the issues in the database. You can even delete a board and it has NO effect on the issues in the system. So your reports are really based on filters and the database and not the board itself.

I hope that makes sense and helps!

Sebastian Mühleis_22qeil

Oh wow, I fell stupid now.

Thank you for this extensive description @John Funk , now I (hope I) got it (or rather: now I know. I really didn't know that before).

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