Configuring a board
Accessing a board's configuration
- Go to the desired board and select Board > Configure.
On the Board Configuration screen, select the desired tab (Columns, Swimlanes, etc).
Screenshot: the 'Board Configuration' screen of a Scrum board ('General' tab).
Screenshot: the 'Board Configuration' screen of a Kanban board ('General' tab).
Renaming a board
- Go to the desired board and select Board > Configure.
On the Board Configuration screen, click the 'pencil' icon
(which will appear when you hover) to edit the name of your board. Press the Enter key when finished.
Changing a board's administrators
A board's administrator is the only person who can change the configuration of a board along with Jira administrator users. By default, the administrator of a board includes the person who created it. If you are a board administrator or a Jira administrator, you can change the administrators of a board. See Permissions overview for more information.
- Go to the desired board and select Board > Configure.
On the Board Configuration screen, click any of the name(s) in the Administrators field (a 'pencil' icon
will appear when you hover over them).- Enter the names of the desired users or groups. If you start typing the name, a list of users and groups will be suggested. Press the Enter key when finished.
Note, the suggested user list will not display if you don't have the 'Browse Users' global permission. However, you can still enter the user names and group names manually. See Permissions overview for more information.
You may also want to give the new administrators rights to manage the JIRA filter on which the board is based – see the Jira Admin documentation on Managing filters.
Sharing a board
A board is available to all users who can view the saved filter on which the board is based. (Note that they will also need 'Browse' project permission for the project(s) whose issues are shown on the board. See Permissions overview for more information.)
If you wish to share a board with different people, you will need to either edit the saved filter (see the documentation on issue filters), or choose a different filter (see Configuring filters).
Next steps
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Read the following topics for more information about configuring your board: