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Let's face it JIRA is a pain in the arse. It's about the most complicated piece of software that you could want to use for managing an Agile project. But, lots of companies use it and it's going to be hard for you to change that. You probably have better things to do, like the actual thing that you are trying to do.

So to make life a little easier you can create new boards in JIRA here are the queries for a few boards that may make your life easier.

Show me all of the stories in a backlog on a board

Say you are using tasks and sub-tasks but you just want to see the tasks and the column they are in so you can discuss them at stand-up without all of tasks getting in the way.

1. create a new board, I'm using a Kanban board
2. select board from an existing project
3. name the board and select the project
4. from the board dropdown (top right) select configure
5. in the Saved Filter section you need to edit the Filter Query
6. put project = SDT AND type = story ORDER BY priority in the search box at the top of that page
7. run the query by clicking the magnifying glass icon
8. navigate to your new board
9. enjoy!

Show me all of the stories in a Kanban board on a backlog view

When doing Kanban it's not easy to see things in a clear priority view because that's not how Kanban likes to work. But, I sometimes want to know what's at the top and what's at the bottom. This view is also an easy way to allocate Stories to Epics

1. create a new board, select scrum board
2. name the board and select the project you are working on
3. create the board
   You'll see the new board and it will say there isn't an active sprint. We are not bothered about sprints in this case we just want to look at the backlog in a big list so on the left click the backlog icon. If you want to allocate stories to epics click the epics label on the left and drag-and-drop stories into a particular epic.
   You can also export your backlog to xls by selecting a load of issues and right click > view in Excel.

Show me my Kanban board but with task separated out under their individual parent story.

1. create a board as above
2. once the board has been created configure it
3. in the Swimlanes tab select Stories from the Base Swimlanes on drop-down
   Next time you view your new board you'll see where you are with everything.