How to remove done/finished epic from kanban board?

Question

Hi Team,

I am trying to remove all the done epic from kanban but it is not working. i tried 2 things: one creating quick filter and 2nd putting filter in general board.

This is the query i am using but somehow it is not working as filter on general.

project = "Risk & Decision Science" AND ( issuetype != Epic OR (issuetype = Epic AND "Epic Status" != Done)) ORDER BY key ASC

and for quick filter, I don't know why it removes the "()" automatically.

Any help will be appreciated.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

The Done epic is not being "removed" by the Quick Filter because you have set the Swimlanes to be by Epic, and there are child issues of that Epic that still need to be displayed.

Quick filter will not eliminate the entities that define Swimlanes, like Epics or Stories. The swimlanes will display if there are cards that fit the criteria for the swimlane.

Mohit Joshi_e9bsrd · Answer

Okay here are all the details:

First I put the quick filter you mentioned. Second, I selected the quick filter. In the 2nd image, Marketing analytics and credit risk both should have disappeared because both epic status is done. as you can see the status of Marketing analytics is done but it is still showing after the filter. What I am doing wrong here?

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

This quick filter works for me:

project = <myProject> AND (issuetype != Epic OR issuetype = Epic AND Status != Done)

With this data:

Epic 1 - status=Done
  Child issue 1 - status=Open

Epic 2 - status=Open
  Child issue 2 - status=Done

...the only thing hidden on the board when I activate the quick filter is Epic 1.

If that is not what you observe, please show the filter you are using and ensure no other filters are active. If a Done child issue is still being hidden and revealed based on the Quick Filter being active/inactive, then please show the details of the child issue.