Swimlanes are the horizontal counterparts to columns on a board. Unlike columns, which are always mapped to issue statuses, you can base your swimlanes on several criteria:
- Queries: These are JIRA search queries constructed with JQL. With this option, each swimlane will only show results from its own query. For example, you can create a query for each priority value, so you can group your issues based on their importance.
- Stories: Each swimlane will be mapped to a story. All sub-tasks that fall under the story will be displayed in the swimlane.
- Assignees: Each swimlane will be mapped based on the issue's assignee.
- Epics: Each swimlane will be mapped to an epic. All issues that fall under the epic will be displayed in the swimlane.
Using swimlanes is a great way to group and categorize your issues on your Scrum board. For example, with the Assignees option, you can easily get an idea of each team member's workload by just looking at the board. The following screenshot shows a Scrum board with three swimlanes based on issue priority, by using the queries option:
If you are the board administrator, you can customize the board's swimlanes to better organize your story cards:
- Navigate to the Scrum board you want to customize.
- Click on the Board drop-down menu and select the Configure option.
- Select Swimlane from the left navigation.
- Choose the criteria you want to base your swimlanes on, from the Base Swimlanes on field.
- If you choose to base your swimlanes on Queries, you will need to enter the name for each swimlane and its corresponding JQL query, as shown in the following screenshot:
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