How are ranking changes applied across projects

[John Doyle]

If I have a plan that incorporates 3 projects, A, B, and C and I change the ranking of the issues in the plan, how are the changes applied in the individual projects. This doc explains in the simple case where this is only one project.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiraportfolioserver/ranking-issues-967895243.html

Imagine this ranking in the plan:

A-1

A-2

B-1

B-2

C-1

If I move C-1 as the top in the plan, do the backlogs in the original projects remain the same?

[Tim C · Accepted solution]

Hi @John Doyle

FYI. See this explanation from 2018 ...

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-does-ranking-function-across-multiple-boards/qaq-p/899004 

Think it's still applicable nowadays.

[John Doyle]

Thanks @Tim C . That explanation mostly discusses a single project. When it's mentioned that issues are ranked globally, does the scope of that encompass all the issues in my Jira instance? We have hundreds of projects.

[Tim C]

Hi @John DoyleYeah, as stated in first line of the accepted answer .... "The rank is a global measure of where an issue is in the whole list of all of them.  Boards and projects are irrelevant to it directly."

[John Doyle]

Thanks Tim