I want to create an empty Board, NOT based on a previous Project or Filter

Question

I just want an empty Board, with nothing in it.  I don't like any of the Projects that are available for selection. And I don't know what filter I want yet.

As I don't have any stories or epics yet. I want to see them fall in.  If I use any filter that was used before its going to pick up all the stuff in the other project, that I'm basing my Board on.

I don't understand why I need to create a filter or a project. I don't have any issues in my board yet to filter on. I want to decide that later.  And the projects already created don't fit.

Again, How do I create an empty JIRA Board please.   The answers given before have circular logic. You have to have this before you can have empty.

Or tell me how to create a filter this DUMMY/Placeholder filter or a DUMMY/Placeholder Project, that I don't need right now for my board.

Thank you.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

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cmartin_wilson · Answer

Okay. Got it.

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @cmartin_wilson Welcome to the Atlassian community. You simply cannot create a board until you have something to reference - either a project or a saved filter. When the UI tries to display a board it is going to automatically try to load the issues that the board should display based on the underlying filter of the board. That is how Jira is designed to work. If there is no underlying filter, the UI can't function properly. You can create a board off of a saved filter or existing project and later change the filter used by the board. The board is not permanently locked to the filter it uses initially. You can even create a filter that doesn't actually find any matching issues like project= and issuetype= The board would then "appear" to be empty.