Difficulty in moving an issue to a specific column

[Luanda]

I have a board in Jira that is simple, managed by the team as a Kanban.

It does not have sprints, and I'm having difficulty when trying to create a new task and move it to a specific column.

Body: {
  "fields": {
  "project": {
  "key": "LSM"
 },
  "summary": "Title of your new task",
  "issuetype": {
  "name": "Task"
}
},
  "transition": "2"
}

It appears that it was successful, but the issue gets stuck in the backlog, when it should be in the column corresponding to transition 2.

Why? How to adjust?

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Luanda 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

What API endpoint are you using?

What is the project type? Get that information from the project list page accessible on your system at:

<yourBaseURL>/jira/projects?page=1&sortKey=name&sortOrder=ASC

Specifically I want to know if it is Team Managed or Company Managed.

If it is Team Managed, changing the Status does not automatically put the issue on the board. With Team Managed projects the addition of the issue to the Board is separate from the Status value of the issue.

[Yash Smith · Accepted solution]

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[Luanda]

I was able to solve it by adding an automation to the project, but through the API, it doesn't seem possible to move a card from the backlog to the board.