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How to drag and drop subtasks in Kanban column

Alexander Makarovsky

Hi there!
I'm using Jira Server 8.7.1.
I setup the Kanban board with 3 columns (to do / in progress / done) with swimlanes by assignee.
The filter is
category != _EXTERNAL AND issuetype != Epic AND project not in (list of projects I don't want to show) ORDER BY Rank ASC
Ranking is using rank

Whenever a subtask appears in one the columns I can't move it up or down within this column, like I do with tasks. The card of a subtask shows inside a slightly larger card with parent task name which can't be dragged at all.

Would you please advise any solution for this?

Accepted answers

Alex Koxaras -Relational-

Hi @Alexander Makarovsky and welcome to the community,

I don't think you can rank subtasks, since they are part of a parent issue. Jira doesn't quite support this and I don't think you can move them up or down.

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Alex Koxaras -Relational-

Hi @Alexander Makarovsky and welcome to the community,

I don't think you can rank subtasks, since they are part of a parent issue. Jira doesn't quite support this and I don't think you can move them up or down.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

You're right, sub-tasks cannot be ranked outside their parent issue. It would be complete nonsense to have a sub-task that has a higher or lower rank than its parent.

You can change the order of sub-tasks within the issue, by drag and drop in the issue view.

Alex Koxaras -Relational-

When I was working on my previous job as a PM (eerr... account manager) and a Jira end user, I always struggling on moving subtasks about other parents...

Alexander Makarovsky

Thanks @Alex Koxaras -Relational- @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
Here is the situation I'm trying to fix. I have numerous assignees on the board which we use as a scheduling tool for a sprint. And for each assignee I schedule the order of tasks in "to do" column which collects issues from numerous projects. Sometimes the issues in this column are subtasks as it's more convenient for project owners. And this is where the problem occurs. Is there any other way to change the place of such subtask in a column of to-do issues?

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