Add Epic filter to Kanban/Scrum boards (company-managed projects)

Question

As a Scrum Master, I want to filter my Feature board (Kanban board) by Epic, so that my team can quickly see the status of all Features belonging to a specific Epic — without having to switch to the Plan/Timeline view.

Use case: We use Epics as strategic containers and Features (issue type) as deliverables on a Kanban board. During refinement or stand-ups, we often want to focus on one Epic at a time. Currently the board's quick filters only support labels, assignees, and issue types — not parent Epic.

Workaround today: Switch to Plan view or use a JQL-based filter, but this breaks the visual Kanban flow.

Arkadiusz Wroblewski · Answer

Hi  and Welcome to Atlassian Community @Marc Schoneveld

Epic swimlanes group your work visually, but they won't isolate a single selected Epic on demand.

To filter by a single Epic, check if the native Epic / Parent dropdown filter is available in your board's filter panel. If it's not present, a board administrator can create static Quick Filters (Board settings → Quick filters) using JQL:

parent = EPIC-123

(Note: You will need a separate quick filter for each Epic, as dynamic Quick Filter dropdowns are not supported yet—tracked under JRACLOUD-85789).

Since parent targets direct child items (e.g., Epic → Feature), this works as long as your Features live directly under the Epic.

Does the native Epic/Parent dropdown appear in your filter panel, and are both your Epics and Features located in the same project?

Best,

Arek 🤠

Gor Greyan · Answer

Hi @Marc Schoneveld

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

If your goal is to focus the board on work grouped by Epic, have you considered using Epic swimlanes?

On company-managed boards, you can configure the board to group issues by their parent Epic.

Board settings --> Layout --> Swimlanes -->Epics

This won't filter the board down to a single Epic, but it does organize all issues into separate swimlanes by Epic, making it much easier to review the work associated with each one while staying on the board.