Close Issue in Backlog (JIRA Agile Plan mode Scrum Board)

[Florian Kersten]

We often close issues out of the backlog on a Scrum Board without putting them into a sprint.

The way to close an issue there is clicking on "Actions" --> "More Actions" and then typing "close issue".

Isn't there a faster way to close issues? It would be nice if this action appears in the standard menu below "Assign".

[Dol Momphotez]

Hi,

thanks for the step by step, for me, was helpful.

I was just wondering if closing an issue in the backlog without having it associated with a sprint will affect my velocity or not?, I'm guessing that at the end I just lost those points.

[Mehmet Kazgan]

Florian,

1. Click on the issue
2. Hit "." button in the window appears
3. if you start typin "cl.." you can select and close

[Nahid Sidiqi]

Hi,

I followed those steps you mentioned and had some trouble finding the "close" option.  I am using Jira Scrum and I am having trouble closing an issue.  When I hit "." and type "cl.." the only option that comes up is "clone."

Please let me know if you have any resolutions to closing out an issue.

[Srikumar Samal]

The task item should be marked as in progress inorder to follow the above steps. Else you will get clone option only.