Using the Active sprints or Kanban board

Screenshot: Kanban board

In the Active sprints/Kanban board you can:

• Work on Issues — Choose the highest ranked issues in the 'To Do' column and drag them to the 'In Progress' column. (See Transitioning an Issue.) As you complete each issue in the 'In Progress' column, drag it to the 'Done' column.
  Select one or more issues, then right-click them to: remove the issues from the sprint (Scrum only), flag the issues, view the issues in the JIRA Issue Navigator or perform
   Bulk Operations
  .
• Release a Version — Click Release to create your new version and mark it as 'released' throughout JIRA and JIRA Agile. (See Releasing a Version (Kanban).)

Note:

• each column maps to one or more JIRA statuses (see Configuring Columns).
• resolved issues are shown in strike-through font, e.g. DEMO-1.
• sub-tasks are shown slightly indented, with their parent issue key shown above.
• if you have enabled the 'Days in column' indicator for your board, dots will show at the bottom of each issue (up to the width of the card or a maximum of 32 dots). The dots indicate the number of days that the issue has been in its current column. Hover over the dots to see the total number of days.

• column constraints apply to the total number of issues in a column, regardless of whether some issues are currently hidden because a Quick Filter is in use.

• swimlanes can be based on criteria of your choice. Swimlane issue counts are affected by Quick Filters, that is, issues hidden by a Quick Filter will be excluded from the swimlane count.
  Press "-" to expand/collapse all swimlanes.

• for Kanban boards, you can specify a Work sub-filter, which refines the issues returned by your board's filter (see Configuring Filters). By default this sub-filter includes issues with no fix version or unreleased fix versions. So when the Release link is used to release a Kanban version, the completed issue will no longer be shown in the Done column.

• an issue will only be visible in the Active sprints/Kanban board if:
  
  • the issue matches the board's Saved Filter (see Configuring Filters); and
  • the issue's status maps to one of the board's columns; and
  • the issue is in an active sprint.

• the board will be refreshed every 30 seconds, if the browser window does not currently have focus. If you have focus on the window, it will show a message asking you to refresh. Note, this auto-refresh functionality only works in the Active sprints/Kanban board.