Create Swimlanes by Fix Versions

[Casey_Jones]

Hey brilliant Jira Community! 

I have a few fix versions being worked on in the same sprint. In a perfect world I'd like to load up my active sprint, and have swimlanes delineated by the fix version on the tickets. 

Fix version A 

Stories/tasks 

Fix Version B

Stories/Tasks

Fix Version C

Stories/tasks

I managed to set up Swimlanes by JQL - fix version = xx.xx.xx. But this will require me to always be adding a query for every new fix version. Wondering if theres an easier way to do this.

I'm less concerned with what kinds of issues the board shows, I just want to encapsulate anything within that fix version.

Thanks in advance!

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Casey_Jones 

How about two swim lanes: the next, un-released version and all the others?  You could make a query for that which would not require updates.  As versions are released, the next would shift up on the board.

fixVersion = earliestUnreleasedVersion()

As a reminder, the "next" release is always the last one on the version list.

Best regards,

Bill

[Casey_Jones]

You know that just might work! Thanks Bill!

[Zsigmond Molnar]

Hi,

Would it be possible group all of the issues by the fixVersion?

(1 swimlane for every fixVersion)

Best regards,

Zsigmond Molnar

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Zsigmond Molnar -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

As this is a very old thread, I recommend creating a new question to ensure the maximum number of people see it to offer suggestions.  You could include a link back to this thread if you believe it helps provide context.  Thanks!

Kind regards,
Bill

[Remi Arts]

You can extend the swimlanes even more by adding the following query swimlanes:

No release: fixVersion is EMPTY
Next release: fixVersion = earliestUnreleasedVersion()
Unreleased: fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() AND fixVersion != earliestUnreleasedVersion()
Last released: fixVersion = latestReleasedVersion()
Released: fixVersion in releasedVersion() AND fixVersion != latestReleasedVersion()

[Ajda Gruden]

Hello Remi!

I stumbled upon your answer by coincidence and will try it out, thanks for the suggestion! :) 

One thing - I don't seem to be able to add the last one as I get the error message "Unable to find JQL function 'releasedVersion()'."

Has this ever happened to you too and how did you go about it?

Thank you and happy new year!
Ajda

[Remi Arts]

Oh it probably should be 'releasedVersions()'. Missing the S at the end.

[Rawan AlOmari]

hello @Remi Arts please what do you mean by the Unreleased?? is it the upcoming releases that are follow the current release?

[Remi Arts]

@Rawan AlOmari That's every unreleased version which is not the earliest version. What that means depends on how you work with the versions.

[Rawan AlOmari]

Thanks, a lot! @Remi Arts 

[Nithya KS]

@Remi Arts I need to see verion swimlanes on the user story map under epics on B board,i have used this query  "Unreleased: fixVersion in unreleasedVersions() AND fixVersion != earliestUnreleasedVersion() " , I am still not able to see the Version swimlanes, I am seeing in the A board which have used the same and is able to see the swim lanes which is ordered by Rank and B board doesn't have the ranking , do versions affect by ranking ? and also what i found in this board filter query is , its not fetching any issue with the query and still able to show some issues on user story map. What would be the issue here ? could you let me know steps to see the version swimlanes ?

[Remi Arts]

@Nithya KS I don't fully understand your question/problem. Did you implement all the JQL query swimlanes? If so do you see issues below some of the swimlanes? If not then I think you did not configure your board correctly with the right states for your columns. You can also check this by temporarly disabling any swimlanes.

But issues you would see under "Unreleased" are issues that have a fixversion with status UNRELEASED but are not in the first UNRELEASED version. So you must have multiple versions with status UNRELEASED with issues in order to see issues below this swimlane. If you always release your versions before you create a new unreleased version this swimlane does not have use for you. It only comes in handy when you plan issues for multiple version ahead of time.

Hope this answers your question/solves your problem!