Why I can see my Epics in the Backlog and can't create new boards for my existing projectc?

[Erez David Shtayman]

I have a relatively new Project with one SCRUM Board. Here are the issues:
1. I added some epics but I can't see them in the Epic panel in the backlog - to be clear I enabled the panel, it's empty. Also, I don't have any filters on the board
2. When I go the the board list and try to create a new board from existing project, I can't see any projects in the project drop down
3. Some tasks have an epic in their parent field. But, in the backlog I don't see the epic label, only after I focus on the issue the label appear 

What's going on here?

[Varsha Joshi]

Hi @Erez David Shtayman 

I think you first need to create a sprint and add some tasks/stories to it and then you might be able to see items on your board and also the epic panel

Hope this helps.