Migrating a board to our new technologies

Switching boards to our new technologies allows you to add new features for effective issue planning:

• Speed. You will no longer need to reload the page after each change: everything will display on the board immediately.
• Sorting issues by any parameter.
• Bulk changes to issues.
• Updated backlog and poker planning.
• Creating any columns with no link to the issue status.
• Flexible configuration of issue cards on the board.

Migration processMigration process

When migrating the board, the following is retained:

• ID
• Name
• Issues added
• Status distribution by column
• Created by me and Assigned to me filters
• Filter for adding issues

The board type is also retained during migration: Basic and Kanban (have the same functionality) boards are converted into basic boards, while Scrum boards become boards with a backlog and sprints.

When migrating the board, the following is not retained:

• Filters with criteria written in the query language. They are not yet supported in the new board version. Therefore, you will need to recreate filters after migrating the board and formulate their criteria using parameters.

  Warning

  If you are using a filter like this with criteria written in the query language to add issues to your board, you will not be able to migrate the board until you replace the filter with a similar one that uses parameter-based criteria.

• The ability to store over 2,000 issues, since the new board version has a limit on the number of issues. If your board contains more than 2,000 issues, it cannot be migrated. To avoid overflow on new boards, you can set up a filter to automatically remove issues from the board.

Migration stepsMigration steps

The Update your board button is available to all board users. Any user can perform migration and changes will be visible to all board users.

To perform migration:

1. In the top panel, click Update your board. Your board will be checked for whether it can be migrated and the migration window will open.

2. Review the migration window:

   • If there are errors, follow the recommendations on how to fix them and try again.
   • If there are no errors, click Start switching. This may take a few minutes.

Switching back to the old board versionSwitching back to the old board version

If, after switching to our new technologies, you decide that they do not suit you, you can roll your board back to its original view. To do this, click → Switch back to the old version in the board's top panel and wait until it switches back.