Sorting Swimlanes -> How to automatically move ticket to "Top of Swimlane" after being added

Jon Thompson_tkho6h

We are using a Feature Request process where we transition reviewed tickets from To Review -> Rejected or To Review -> Reviewed. We are dragging and dropping the ticket into the swim lane and both swim lanes have previously touched tickets that are sorted manually based on priority. 

 

When we drag a ticket into a swimlane with 100+ tickets, the browser scrolls all the way to the bottom of the page. We then have to right click and "Top of Swimlane" and then we have to scroll to the very top of the page. 

 

Is there a way to automatically have the ticket assign to the top of the swimlane then we can manually move it around for priority? 

John Funk

Hi Jon,

Jira use a complex method of sorting issues on a board. If you have the ORDER by rank added to your board filter, this will allow you to move cards up and down inside the Column/Swimlane. It also use that default method of sorting. 

Upfront, I have no idea of the mechanics and exact algorithms used. However, my experience is that cards are basically ranked (sorted) by column based on when the card moved onto the board. So cards that have been added recently will almost always move to the bottom of the column/swimlane when moved to a new column. 

Most Kanban processes rely on the FIFO method, so cards already in a column should be worked before new cards that enter the column. Regardless, that's more or less how Jira boards work in my view. 

Your only other option is that to do a sorting by another field - for example, ORDER by created DESC. That would put the most recently created cards at the top of the swimlane. But then you lose the ability to move the cards up and down - in ANY column. 

So, the bottom line in my opinion, is that you are more or less stuck with the method you are using now.