Can I create Kanban board swimlanes based on different values for a text field?

Question

Can I create a query to define a Company-managed Kanban board's swimlanes, based on different values in a text field?

In the screenshot, you'll see 4 issues.  The 2 issues in the top row contain the same value for the "Global ID" field; the other 2 issues do not.  The Kanban board query sorts DESC by that field.

Kanban board filter query

Project in ("Level 1 Support (sandbox)", "Team BADD") AND issuetype not in ("Software Move Task", "Dev Task") AND (cf[10331] is not empty) order by cf[10331] DESC

Kanban board

Trudy P Claspill · Accepted Answer

Hello @Phil Bustin

You can set Swimlanes to Queries, but you have to define a specific JQL for each swimlane. Example:

You would have to define a swimlane with a JQL for each value of specific text 1 that might appear in the Global ID field.

There is not an option to dynamically create swimlanes based on the values that exist in fields of your choice. The only dynamic Swimlane creation options that are supported are for Stories, Assignees, Epics, and Projects.

Bill Sheboy · Accepted Answer

Hi @Phil Bustin

If I am guessing correctly what you mean, my answer would be: it depends...

* If there were a fixed number of Global ID values, with defined values, you could create filters for each value.
* If the values vary, there is no built-in way to have dynamic swim lanes based on an issue field for a company-managed project.

Without a marketplace addon, I can envision a complicated work-around using saved filters and automation rules...Save a bunch of named filters, set the swim lanes to use the filters (e.g., filter=12345), use an automation rule to dynamically edit the filters using the REST API for the possible Global ID values which are currently on the board.

Other than the obvious complexity, one downside of the swim lane names will not change (and there is no public REST API to change the swim lane names).

Kind regards,
Bill