The Agile Tools & Filters comes with an advanced filter manager.

Key features

• Create and manage filters including Quick Filters

• Migrate filters between types, board or Jira instances

• Edit multiple filters of any kind in a text editor using JSON

• Import your Favourite Jira filters as private, board or global filters

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Supported filter types

The app supports Quick Filters, board, backlog, epics, versions filters explained in details in https://extensi.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ABF/pages/29757174 . Additionally it supports Jira Favourite Filters.

Filter Manager tabs use icons for different filter types

User (private)

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Board (team)

Global (all boards)

Supported operations

• Create, delete, update

• Load to load the filter to the SearchBar or JQL filter on Epic and Version panel

• Re-order by dragging a filter up or down

• Create a Quick filter from an existing filter using the QF button

• Copy to.., import, export to copy filters between types, boards or Jira instances using JSON

Management rights

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Migrating filters between types or boards using import, export and copy to functionality.

Jira or board administrator can finally manage all filters in a simple way.

Exporting to JSON format

Any kind of filters can be exported into JSON format.

Afterwards filters can be:

• imported into a different board or Jira instance using the import functionality

• copied as different type using the Copy to functionality

Importing filters to a new board

Copy the exported JSON, edit it if needed and choose the filter type.

Copying filters to a new type

1. In the Filter Manager select a tab with the type of filters you’d like to copy

2. Press the Copy to.. button

3. From the dropdown select a new filter type

4. Edit the JSON if needed

5. Click import.

Import and Copy to errors

In some cases the import may be unsuccessful caused by:

• Invalid format of the copied JSON 

• Invalid JQL in the JSON - that may happen if Jira fields, projects, etc. will be deleted or renamed