Hi all,
I'm frankly confused with the concept of the backlog, If I got it correctly there is no Jira field BACKLOG_YN to check, is that correct ?
I want to write a filter (or quick filter) to list all issues in the BACKLOG, how to approach this task, is this a combination of values ( e.g. Status <> in progress, and Not Assigned , etc..)
Appreciate if you point me to the right place. I also read that users "move issues to/from BACKLOG", do they do it by dragging it ??
Thanks
Ratom
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Hi @Ratom , thank you for your question! When people are referring to the backlog they are usually talking about the workflow status "Backlog". This is a "Not Started" category status (grey color). These live with other common statuses (e.g., To Do, In Progress, In Review, Done, etc.)
You can create a filter (and apply it to a quick filter) using something like the following JQL:
status = Backlog
When they move issue to/from the backlog, it is moving it to and from different workflow statuses. If they are looking at issues via a board view, they are able to drag issues from column to column, and these columns can be set up to represent statuses.
Hope this helps!
Regarding issues moving to / from the Backlog view, there is a difference between Company-managed (CMP) and Team-managed projects (TMP):
For CMP, the issue Status and mapping of Status values to the Board does impact when an issue shows in the Backlog versus on the Board (or neither for completed issues with Kanban time-outs or Sprint completion).
For TMP, issues must explicitly be added to the Board from the Backlog view. The Status value has no impact...with the exception of when completed issues "time out" for display due to aging.
Kind regards,
Bill
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Thanks for adding that additional piece for TMP! Those are definitely newer and take getting used to!
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Thanks Bill and Harrison,
I need to work with TMP. However I don't have an option for
status = BACKLOG
however I see backlog on the left pane on dashboard.
Need to spend little more time to understand what is going on.
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Hi @Ratom
Here is the documentation for moving issues to / from the backlog for Team-managed projects:
Kind regards,
Bill
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Thanks Bill.
I still don't have reliable criteria for my filter. For my instance I'm trying to set it like
Where sprint not in (openSprints(), futureSprints()) and assignee is empty
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@Ratom there is no indicator for "in the backlog" for team-managed projects that can be used with JQL expressions.
Let's assume your team is using Scrum and you want to find the issues not assigned to any sprints yet. That would be this:
project = yourProjectName
AND statusCategory != Done
AND sprint IS EMPTY
ORDER BY Rank ASC
But if the issues have been in prior closed sprints, are not in current or planned future sprints, and are not yet completed, that could be this:
project = yourProjectName
AND statusCategory != Done
AND (
sprint IS EMPTY
OR (
sprint NOT IN openSprints()
AND sprint NOT IN futureSprints()
)
)
ORDER BY Rank ASC
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No, that is JQL for a filter, not SQL. I just formatted it to improve visibility for this post.
Kind regards,
Bill
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