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1. Set the Layout Direction to Horizontal using the Layout Direction Button

2. Filter out issues without epics (issues without epics are always drawn on the first layer anyway)

3. Filter out issue links that are not dependencies and keep only the ones that represent real dependencies between issues e.g: filter out relates link and select blocks link

4. Prioritise! assign priority to your issues or schedule them for un upcoming sprint. Issues will be grouped into columns ordered from the left to the right by descending priority.

   1. double click an issue to open issue modal

   2. edit the relevant fields e.g. sprint, priority

   3. close the modal (Visual Backlog picks up the changes on modal closing)

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1. Set the Layout Direction to Vertical using the Layout Direction Button

2. Filter out issues without epics (issues without epics are always drawn on the first layer anyway)

3. Filter out issue links that are not dependencies and keep only the ones that represent real dependencies between issues e.g: filter out relates link and select blocks link

4. Prioritise! assign priority to your issues or schedule them for un upcoming sprint. Issues will be grouped into rows ordered from the top to the bottom by descending priority.

   1. double click an issue to open issue modal

   2. edit the relevant fields e.g. sprint, priority

   3. close the modal (Visual Backlog picks up the changes on modal closing)

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1. Identify the issues to be linked: in this example, we want a blocks link from GIBRAL-27 to GIBRAL-29

2. If the issues are far from each other, do not hesitate to reposition them close to each other. Don’t worry about the layout, Visual Backlog will take care of fixing that

3. Drag and Drop a connection from the right port of GIBRAL-27 to the left port of GIBRAL-29

4. Select an issue link from the drop down, in this case it is a blocks link

5. Voilà! Visual Backlog will refresh the data and reposition the issues to reflect the new state.

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Alternatively, you can use the issue modal and edit issue links as you would do in Jira. Double click on of the issues and edit the issue links accordingly.

Edit issue links

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Issue links can be edited by editing the dropdown of that particular link.

AklternativelyAlternatively, they can be edited using the issue modal. See above.

Delete issue links

You can delete an issue link by clicking on the X label on the right of the link value you want to delete.

Alternatively, you can also use the issue modal.See above.