By default, when you create a new project, the agile board created will only include issues from the current project. This is usually fine if your project is self-contained. However, there might be cases where you have multiple projects that are related, or dependent on each other, and in order for you to get an overall picture, you need to have issues from all those projects shown on a single agile board.
The good news is, JIRA lets you do just this. One thing to understand here is, JIRA uses what is called a filter to define what issues will be included on the board. Filters are like saved search queries, and when a project is created, JIRA automatically creates a filter that includes all issues from the current project. This is why the default agile board created with the project will always display the project's issues only. Filters are discussed in Chapter 10, Searching, Reporting, and Analysis.
So for you to include issues from other projects on the agile board, all you need to do is update the filter the board is using:
- Browse to your project's agile board.
- Click on the Board menu and select the Configure option.
- Select the General option from the left navigation panel.
- Click the Edit Filter Query link for Saved Filter option if you want to update the filter that is currently used by the board. Alternatively, if you already have a filter that has all the issues you want to include, you can hover over and click on the current filter, and select the new filter to use:
