In my Backlog I expect to see only Stories, but I am seeing Features also (but not Epics)

Question

Recently we moved from Epics and Stories to Features, Epics, and Stories.

I noticed the Backlog now lists Features.

Backlog does not show Epics in the list (can enable the menu on the left, of course). Good.

We don't schedule Features in Sprints, so I would rather NOT see Features in the Backlog List.

I tried to adjust Configure Board/General/Edit Filter Query, but then can't seem to SAVE my changes to be used by default by the Backlog screen.

Joseph Chung Yin · Answer

@Joseph Stith -

I agreed with @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- stated.  To supplement what he stated, you will need to ensure that your saved filter query adjustment (the query filter) is used against your SCRUM board.

Best, Joseph Chung Yin

Jira/JSM Functional Lead, Global Technology Applications Team

Viasat Inc.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Note that you need permission to edit a saved filter, if you don't have that, then when you try to save an edit to a filter definition, you'll find the "save" button says "save as", and the changes will be created as a new filter, not the one the board is using.

Sean Blezard · Answer

Jira has a lot of historical baggage, not least of all the special role afforded to the epic. By default you have epics, stories, and sub-tasks. Even if you used the advanced roadmaps hierarchy feature to add a new level above epics, Jira boards will just treat them as another standard issue type. Jira boards only handle epics differently, so if your filter includes them it’ll just dump them in the backlog.

If you can’t save the filter you might not have the permissions to do so. Either get the owner to change it, allocate you as an editor, or you can use “save as” on the current filter to create a new one you own… and exclude issue type feature from the search.