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Sort by priority ranking

After creating custom fields and syncing your Issues' priority rankings to Jira Server, you can create a Kanban or Scrum board with these Issues and sort them by priority ranking.

Prerequisites

Complete Sync Back first to sync priority rankings to Jira Server custom fields.

Before sorting Issues by priority ranking, add the Ducalis custom fields to your board cards. These custom fields appear on:

  • Kanban board (if you created a Kanban board)
  • Backlog view and Active view (if you created a Scrum board)

Add custom fields to cards

Scrum board

  1. Click Board to access board settings.

    Board menu with Configure option
  2. Select Configure from the dropdown menu.

  3. Under Configuration, click Card layout.

  4. For the Backlog view, select Priority Ducalis as the Field Name from the dropdown.

    Backlog card layout configuration
  5. Click Add.

  6. For the Active sprints view, select Priority Ducalis as the Field Name from the dropdown.

    Active sprints card layout configuration
  7. Click Add.

Kanban board

  1. Click Board to access board settings.

    Board menu with Configure option
  2. Select Configure from the dropdown menu.

  3. Under Configuration, click Card layout.

  4. Under Kanban board, select Priority Ducalis as the Field Name from the dropdown.

    Kanban card layout configuration
  5. Click Add.

Priority ranking appears on your Kanban board cards:

Priority ranking displayed on Kanban board

Sort Issues by priority ranking

These steps apply to both Scrum and Kanban boards.

  1. Click Board to access settings.

    Board menu with Configure option
  2. Select Configure from the dropdown menu.

  3. Under General, click Edit Filter Query.

    Edit Filter Query option
  4. Click Advanced to access advanced search using JQL.

    Advanced search option
  5. In the query after ORDER BY, type priority and choose the Priority {your emoji} Ducalis custom field from the dropdown menu.

    Priority field selection in JQL
  6. After a space, type ASC or choose ASC from the dropdown to sort priority ranking in ascending order.

    ASC sorting option in JQL
  7. Click Search.

  8. Click Save.

    Save button

Your Issues are now sorted by priority ranking:

Issues sorted by priority ranking
tip

You can also use other data from Ducalis like total scores and criterion scores to sort your Issue cards.

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