One board, multiple projects, but not all issues from all projects

Greg Mueller_c5pghl

Hi, 

So I use a scrum board that brings in issues from 2 projects.  I want it to bring in all the work from Project A, which is easy enough.  But for Project B, I only want to bring in some of the issues.  Other teams use that project for tasks unrelated to our work.  

Currently, I have to add new epics to our filter so that they show up on our board.  But this requires me to know when new epics are created and manually add the issue number.  If someone creates an epic and doesnt tell me, it gets missed.  What's the most efficient way to do this?  I'd like it to be required to minimize any human error.  I could filter in any issue created by any of the members of our team?  

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You should modify the board filter so that it includes the issues you want to see on the board.  

Your question suggests that you might be doing something like "Project = A or (key in (B-123, B-345, B-37))".

It would be better to have a filter that says "Project = A or (some field = something)".  I often recommend teams use boards with filters of "Project = A or label = forteamX", so when an issue not in their project needs their attention, all you do is stick forteamX on it as a label.  You could, of course, do that with a custom field instead of a label.

Or you could use assignee or another system field.  Like "Project = B and issuetype = Epic" or "Project = B and assignee = Bob"