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title: "Use Case: Release Roadmap (Version Board)"
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> | **Logo** | ![image](media://91567f97-b828-44b3-b04e-caac23532f11) |
> | --- | --- |
> | **Use Case** | Version Board |
> | **Category** | Planning |
> | **Company/Team**<br>**Managed Projects** | Both |
> | **Summary** | Assign your Jira issues to single or multiple fixVersions or affectsVersions |

> 📝 The paragraphs below outlines the specific use case. For more details about advanced features and complementary functionality we suggest to review [https://releasemanagement.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASPT/pages/875692462](https://releasemanagement.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASPT/pages/875692462) section of this documentation.

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# Detailed overview

## How to create?

(1) Go to “My Boards“ section. If you do not have any active boards this going to be your default page.

![image](media://766fecae-39db-42f1-9e91-3c682d66406c)

Otherwise (if you already have one or few boards created) click on menu icon in top left corner to select “Manage Boards“

![image](media://a88b55c0-8c63-42f3-84fc-a93fe2ec37b3)

(2) Click on “Create board“, choose “Version Board“ and Next.

![image](media://1cbbe2cf-8d50-4759-a91b-a275ce14658c)

(3) On the initial configuration screen please specify

- **Name** of the board
- **Projects** to pool Jira issues from
- **JQL** to filter out the issues

![image](media://f6316b15-3a50-4145-b5be-4e9f930fa049)

(4) Click “Create“

## How to use?

(1) You will receive a board with all Jira issues pulled from selected projects that matched JQL filter specified (if any) .. in first (Others) column:

![image](media://ba15f693-9197-45da-a4e7-9e723acab19b)

(2) Click “+” to add few versions you would like to use

![image](media://df524191-8b46-4b26-9b65-3a4c817752c9)

Add few more if you like.

(3) Drag and drop issues between column to assign / change fixVersion. All the changes are applied automatically and you do not need to commit it after. To use “affectsVersion“ please scroll to configuration section of this page.

(4) To **Edit** column value, **Change** title, **Add** or **Remove **one move mouse to selected column and you will receive a tooltip with all the available options:

![image](media://530725d9-dad9-4bf1-8f44-2a3225aec406)

e.g. let’s click on **Edit**

![image](media://7e75351e-1700-4f7a-b1f9-44173ae8d6a9)

## How to configure?

(1) Click settings icon in top right corner ..

![image](media://95de80dc-485b-4487-8a14-6af8f4cac3f4)

.. to open “Board configuration“ screen.

(2) on “General” Tab you can amend

- **Name** of the board
- **Projects** to pool Jira issues from
- **JQL** to filter out the issues

![image](media://ad428bd7-3fa6-481a-a044-db71be5d03c6)

(3) on “Columns and Swimlanes“ tab you can change configuration of fields used respectively for Columns and Swimlanes. Swimlanes are optional. To remove them choose “-- none -- “ in popup.

![image](media://ae20109e-f0fd-4669-9320-45128b34f842)

For Version Board we suggest to try out the following swimlanes:

- **Affects / Fix Version **to be able to play with both fields simultaneously

# Other related Use-Cases

Check out other Version / Release Planning Boards:

- [https://releasemanagement.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASPT/pages/875757628](https://releasemanagement.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASPT/pages/875757628)
- [https://releasemanagement.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASPT/pages/967213061](https://releasemanagement.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASPT/pages/967213061)

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