How to reorder statuses on board columns in Jira (Cloud based)

[lorenz_schagemann]

Hi there! :)

We need to reorder the statuses on our boards.

I found already a description but, its not for cloud version: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-reorder-statuses-on-board-columns-in-jira-1005792525.html 

How can i change it in JWM cloud?

Greetings

Lorenz

[Dave Mathijs]

Hi @lorenz_schagemann ,

Have a look at the following documentation pages for Jira Work Management (JWM):

• Workflows and statuses for the board
• Add, rename, or delete a column from your board 

[Sam Nadarajan]

You should just be able to drag/drop

[lorenz_schagemann]

Hey Dave,

thank you for your answer. 
I already know that i can move the columnes via Drag and Drop... but only for each project itselfe.
I want to move all the columnes of all the projects who use this workflow without touching every single projekt itselfe.
I think this answer is not in the article, right?

Greetings
Lorenz

[Dave Mathijs]

Correct, you'll need to change this manually for each board, this cannot be done in bulk.

[lorenz_schagemann]

But there must be a default setting for this.
Cause even if i clone a project where i already reordered it, its again in wrong order in the clone.

Is there no way to do that?

Greetings
Lorenz

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Technically, yes, you could rebuild all your workflows and being careful to create all the status in the "right" order - the default settings for the board is to put the oldest created status at the top of the column and the newest at the bottom, with the rest ordered as you'd expect.

But that's a lot of planning and work, and I wouldn't bother.  Your only useful option is to manually reconfigure the boards, as you've discovered.