How do I sort a filter to match the backlog order?

Question

A want a filter that orders items the same order as the backlog. How do I do that? Thanks.

Hamza Chundrigar · Accepted Answer

Hi Ben,

Can you check if you have ranking enabled.

* Go to your board, then select more () > Board settings. Note that only the administrator of a board (or a person with the 'Jira Administrators' global permission) can configure a board.
* Click the Add Rank button. This will append the following to your filter's query, with ORDER BY Rank ASC as the default setting

This should preserve the ranking in the same order.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted Answer

For a team-managed project, the sort order of their board will be "order by rank".

For none-software type projects with backlogs, you'll find rank determined by creation date.

For company-manage Software board, it will be the same, but it is possible that someone may have changed it, so you'll need to look at the board filter.