What does starring a Sprint Board in Jira do?

[Sarah Green]

I can't figure out what this does.

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sarah Green 

Do you mean the star/unstar indicator at the top-right of the view...next to the automation lightning bolt icon?

If so, that is to mark a board as "favorite".  You may find your favorites for boards from the top navigation Your Work > Boards.  There you will see the "Starred" ones.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Sarah Green]

Thanks, Bill! This is what I was looking for.

[Nadia]

Hello! Do you know why users can star some boards but not the others? Is there any restriction in the permissions? 

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Nadia 

If a person can view a board I cannot think of a reason why they could not mark it as favorite (through permissions).

Perhaps you could check if this is a browser caching issue: clearing all cache, closing browser, and re-opening the browser.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Dexter Broadnax]

The star feature means the issues were added after the beginning of a sprint. Please see the understanding of s sprint report section here https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/view-and-understand-the-sprint-report/

[Dexter Broadnax]

Hi Sarah,

A sprint board in Jira allows you to organize your work/projects in a flexible sprint timeframe. Please feel free to check out this document to see the many type of boards that can be created to help manage projects https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/what-is-a-jira-software-board/