I want to add a quick filter (drop down list) on the kanban board of my project so I can filter by epic. I want to be able to see all the issues within the epic that is selected.
Hello @Linda Granado
Welcome to the Atlassian community.
You have posted your question in the Jira Service Management community. Can you confirm you are working with the native Board option in a Jira Service Management project?
Or are you actually working with a different type of project?
If you go to Projects > View All Projects, the project type will be specified in the Type column.
Jira does not provide a native method for creating a Quick Filter for a board that will present as a selection list. However in the boards for Software projects it should automatically present a selection list quick filter for Epic, like this:
I don't see that option when I go to the board within a project. I'm not sure which Jira I am using
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Hi Trudy,
I looked again and when I go to All Projects the type of projects I see are "Software" or "Business". The particulate board I want to add Epic filter is a Software project an I only see quick filters for Only my Issues and Recently Updates.
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Do you have any Epic issues created in the project?
Are any of the other issues associated to Epics as child issues?
Can you provide a screen image of your board?
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Hi Judy,
This is a screenshot of my Kanban board within a project. You can see the issues labeled by Epic. For example, issue "Create job descriptions" is linked to the Epic "Recruitment". I am trying to add an epic filter at the top so I can filter by Epic and see all the issues.
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Hello Linda,
You tagged your post as having the Cloud deployment type, but I think that is incorrect. Looking at your image I think that you are using the self-hosted project - Jira Server or Jira Data Center, rather than the Jira Cloud product.
If the URL for your Jira instance is https://something.atlassian.net then you are using Jira Cloud.
If it is not like that, then you are using Jira Server or Jira Data Center (self-hosted).
The answer I provided assumed that you were using Jira Cloud, based on the tags on your post.
Jira Server and Jira Data Center don't have a native feature to do what you want.
If you are willing to consider paying for a third party app, you might consider this one:
Agile tools & filters for jira software
This is just one app that could give you the ability to have an option to filter the issues be a list of Epics. There may be others.
(Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the vendor of that app and receive no compensation for suggesting it.)
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Thanks, Trudy! I am on the self-hosted, but moving to the cloud version soon. Thank you for clarifying!
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You're welcome!
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Hi @Linda Granado and ,thanks for your question.
Can you try this JQL:
"Epic Link" is not EMPTY
Let me know if that works.
Best,
Murat Seven
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Hi Steven, thank you for your suggestion. That added Epic to the board but not a drop down list to choose from the epics within the board.
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