Get sprint issues via REST API while preserving swimlane order?

Question

Hi,

Any way to pull swimlane issues with their visually sorted order? (e.g. useful when visual sorting order is used to indicate priority vs assigning a priority field)

Jira must track that internally but I can't seem to find the field in the API results - does it get passed?

Thanks!

elventails · Answer

Thanks Kat, It seems this is a relatively open / unhandled question, here's some info from other posts I reference below: - the rank is stored in the customfield_10019 field - the rank is stored in a format called "Lexorank" - Each story in Jira has a 'rank-field' containing a string which is built up of 3 parts: |: So we probably could sort on that! (don't have the time to check this further now, but hope this helps the next person!) ## References https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-get-the-rank-with-Jira-API/qaq-p/583700 https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-see-numeric-rank-order-for-an-issue/qaq-p/611802 https://medium.com/whisperarts/lexorank-what-are-they-and-how-to-use-them-for-efficient-list-sorting-a48fc4e7849f https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40718900/jiras-lexorank-algorithm-for-new-stories

Kat Warner · Answer

"Rank" is the invisible field that is used when sorting issues on kanban and scrum boards. Hopefully having the name of the field will make it easier for you to find.