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  1. Use the issue link dropdown Screenshot 2024-06-25 at 17.01.05.png to filter out issue links that do not correspond to a dependency relationship e.g. duplicates or clones and keep only those that do e.g. blocks.

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    enable the prioritisation tracks.

  3. Enable the bottlenecks option toggle-bottlenecks.png located in the Layout Configuration panel on the right of VisualBacklog’s screen.

There you go! blockers bottlenecks are highlighted while non blockers bottlenecks are faded. A blocker bottleneck is a not-done issue that is also a dependency of another issue located on a forward prioritisation tracks.

Thanks to the prioritisation tracks and the bottlenecks options, prioritising work becomes easier. when both options are enabled, non faded issues on the left most track are the issues that must be prioritised first before moving to the next track and so on.

Compact mode

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This option comes handy when working on a large graph of issues. It shortens the distance between the issues to fit more of them on the screen. This helps understand the dependencies at a quick glance without the need to zoom/pan.

Please note that you cant edit the issue link labels when compact mode is enabled.

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Checkout our comprehensive guide to learn more.

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Customise

Use the Layout Controls on the left of the Search Bar to customise the graph’s:

Save / Reset

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Save the Data Filters and Layout Configuration using the Save / Reset buttons

on the top right corner of the viewport.

Prioritise

Visual Backlog groups the issue graph into layers of issues sorted by priority from the highest to the lowest.

Horizontal Layout

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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)

Vertical Layout

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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)

Drag and drop

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Create issue links with Visual Backlog by following those simple steps

  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.

Issue modal

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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.

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

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

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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.