Scrum board backlog

fabian_yanofsky

Hi,

In my projects, items move from "Backlog" to "Open " status when they are worked on

I don't want to have the "Backlog" status mapped in my scrum board as then the  issues with status backlog can  reside in the board and there is no automatic transition to "Open".

if I don't map the items I have no backlog items.

Regards,

 

Fabian 

 

 

Trudy P Claspill

Hello @fabian_yanofsky 

Your board (Active Sprints) will show only the issues assigned to Active Sprints. If a person adds an issue in the status Backlog to a sprint that is currently Active or subsequently started, then that issue will appear on the board.

The list of items in the Backlog section of the Backlog screen in a Company Managed project Scrum board is not based on the status of the issues. The only issues excluded from the Backlog list are ones in the statuses mapped to the farthest right column of the board.

The distinction between the Backlog section and the Sprints sections is based on whether the issue is currently assigned to an Active or Planned sprint.

I assume that you want to be able to add issues in the Backlog status to sprints you are planning. Is that true? Or do you expect the issues to be in the Open status then also?

You could add an Automation Rule to automatically transitions issues from the Backlog status to the Open status when a sprint is started. Here's an example:

 

You could also add a rule that would detect if an issue is added to an Active sprint and has a status of Backlog, then automatically transition it to Open.