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Need help — my board layout changed on its own, lost category-as-columns view

Shady Abdel-Atty

Hi all,

My Business-type Space board layout suddenly changed and I can't get it back. Hoping someone here has seen the same thing or knows a fix.

Before (how it worked for months):

Board was grouped by Category. Each category was a vertical column running across the screen — one column per store project (London Vigo Street, Salt Lake City, Breuninger Nuremberg, Troy Somerset, etc.). Inside each column, I had the tasks for that project stacked underneath (Store Operations, Maintenance, HR, Logistics, etc.). It was clean — every project mapped out side by side, scrolling horizontally between them. The Group button was on the right side of the toolbar.

Now:

Same Space, same "Group: Category" setting. But:

Categories are no longer columns. They're now horizontal sections stacked vertically down the page
Inside each section, the cards are forced into status columns (Open Tasks / In Progress / etc.) — even though I never used status grouping before.
The Group button has also moved from the right side of the toolbar to the left side.
I didn't change any settings. The change just appeared.

Screenshots attached (old layout vs new layout).

Thanks,

Shady

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John Funk

Hi Shady - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Looks like Swimlanes have been added maybe and the swimlanes are based on the Category.

Click the 3 dots to the right of the board name, then select Configure board (or the equivalent).

Then click the Layout option on the left. Things to look for - first, are there swimlanes added and what are they based on? And, how are the statuses mapped to the columnsf?

Shady Abdel-Atty

Hi John,

Thanks for checking and trying to support.

Unfortunately, i don't see any of the given options. Is it something related to the "Business Space"? I do believe its indeed related to the swimlanes, not sure if there is an other option to find it?

Screenshot 2026-05-15 175233.png

John Funk

Yes, that would be because it is a Business space board. I suggest creating a second board to see if that help you. Here are the instructions:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-articles/Creating-a-Second-Agile-Board-for-Team-Managed-or-JIra-Work/ba-p/2115018

Shady Abdel-Atty

Thanks, also didnt work..

Is there a difference when this is not a board but a space?
Also another colleague board, the group function is on the right while mine is on the left which wasn't the case before..

John Funk

What didn't work? What were you trying to do that you couldn't? And there are no cards on the board. Is your board filter configured correctly to pull in work items?

Sid Zhang

I am having the same issue. The board experience changed several times during past several weeks.

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