Documentation for GreenHopper 6.0.x. Documentation for other versions of JIRA Agile is available too.
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Your board's filter is a JIRA issue filter (a JQL query) that specifies which issues are displayed on your board.
Note that only the owner of a board (or a person with the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission) can configure a board's filter.
To choose which filter is associated with your board:
Screenshot 1: the 'Board Configuration' screen — 'Filter' tab (click to enlarge).
To edit the filter which is currently associated with your board:
A sub-filter refines the issues returned by your board's filter. The sub-filter applies to Work mode only. The sub-filter enables the Report mode to show different data to Work mode.
The default sub-filter is:
fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() OR fixVersion is EMPTY
... this will result in issues released using the 'Release' button no longer appearing in Work mode (although the reports in Report mode will continue to show them).
The Work sub-filter is only available for Kanban boards.
To add a sub-filter to your board: