Organise my Sprint backlog.

[Liam Maeder]

I have an issue with my backlog, i have a whole lot of clients in a sprint and each has  their own colour. I would like to know if in the backlog is there a way to organise by either card colour or component?

Many Thanks

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello Liam,

You can order your Backlog and Sprint Stories as you need by using the command ORDER BY in the JQL filter of the board:

- Navigate to your board > Click on the three dots icon (...) > Board Settings

- Click on Edit Filter Query > Add the parameter ORDER BY + the field you want to your filter and save. E.g:

project = TS ORDER BY component

Please, let me know if it helps.

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Hi Petterson,

you can add the ORDER BY bit but that won't change anything in the backlog or am I totally wrong? The sorting will still be based on the ranking field, not on any "ORDER BY" parameter in the quick filter and just tried it again with priorities because you really got me wondering. And nothing changed order was the same and priorities were wildly mixed: medium, lowest, highest, medium, medium, lowest.

[Petter Gonçalves]

Hello Max,

Actually, the change of the order in the filter of the board (Not the Quick filter, but the own board filter) does affect the backlog too:

Check that my issues on the backlog are ordered by issue key:

Once I changed the board filter, It becomes organized by issue type:

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Oh yes, thanks, I got you wrong and missed that!

[Petter Gonçalves]

You are welcome, Max. 

[Liam Maeder]

Hi Patterson,

This helped a lot with arranging my backlog.

Thanks so much

[Petter Gonçalves]

You are welcome, Liam. 

I'm glad to know my answer was useful for you.

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Hi Liam,

the backlog is based on the ranking of your issues and you can't change that. And that's the only thing that makes sense in the context of Scrum (what needs to be done first). So I guess you would like to have an overview of issues grouped by a specific customer or component for example. Have you tried building generic issues filters for active/open sprints grouping issues by components/customer for an overview?

Best, Max