How to set board settings in one place for different projects?

[Johan Poland]

Here's what I do. I have multiple different projects and each project has its own board. I want all these board to have the same settings though, except for the fact that the board are for their own single project.

Is there a way that, when I want to change the settings of a board, I can change the settings directly for all my boards? Or put differently; is it possible to have 1 board that can be used for different projects?

[Jack Brickey · Accepted solution]

There is the means of copying a board and then you can edit the copy and change the filter. I believe this will retain all settings. However, there is no board scheme that can be applied to a board. While projects have templates and schemes that can be shared across projects Boards do not have that same concept.

[Danny Coleman · Accepted solution]

There's no way to sync up board configurations across multiple boards, so you're on the right track with using a single board for multiple projects.

Your first step would be to set up the new board with the configurations you want and ensure that the board's filter encompasses all the projects you want. From there, you'll want to decide how you want to visually organize the board so you can see tickets on a per-project basis. You could either use quick filters or swimlanes to do this.

Keep in the mind that depending on the volume of tickets in question, you could experience longer loading times for the new board than you do for your current project-specific boards.

[Olga Videc]

Hello @Johan Poland

First part NO you can't change the settings of a board, I can change the settings directly for all my boards?

Second, you can create a filter that collects all the projects you need, then create a new board apply this filter and add a quick filter to your board, so each quick filter will show only specific project on your board.

Configure a quick filter:

Go to board -> configure -> quick filters -> add quick filter based on JQL

If you are new to JQL just user issue search, find what you desire, go to advanced and copy JQL.

Hope this helps, 

BR, Olga

[Victor Mutambuki]

Johan,

As you already know, boards are driven by filters. Generate a filter that touches on all your projects.

Victor