By default, when you create a new project, the agile board that's 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 for you to get an overall picture, you need to have issues from all of those projects shown on a single agile board.
The good news is that Jira lets you do just this. One thing to understand here is that 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 of the issues from the current project. This is why the default agile board that's created with the project will always display the project's issues. Filters will be 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 board using the following steps:
- 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 the Saved Filter option if you want to update the filter that is currently being used by the board, as shown in the following screenshot. Usually only the filter owner can change a filter's query, but since filters created with the board has the same owner as the board by default, you are able to edit the query. 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 then select the new filter to use:
