Open Visual Backlog
Once the installation is complete, a link to Visual Backlog will be added to the project side navigation. The link opens Visual Backlog in the context of the containing project.
Pan, Drag and Zoom
Pan
Using the mouse:
Click on the background pane and drag to pan
Scroll to pan up and down
Scroll
+Shift
to pan left and rightScroll
+Alt/Option
to pan up and down
Using the trackpad:
Click on the background pane and drag to pan
Use your two fingers to pan
Drag
Click and hold on and issue/project node then drag it to move it around.
Zoom
Using the mouse:
Hold down
Control
and scrollup
/down
t zoom in/ out
Using the trackpad:
Hold down
Control
and scrollup
/down
using you too fingers
Using the on-screen Zoom Controls.
Load / Filter data
Use the Jira Data Filters on the top of the viewport to load less/more data.
The Reload Button can be used to reload the latest graph data from Jira.
Search
Use the Search Bar to locate issue/project nodes on the graph.
Customise
Use the Layout Controls on the left of the Search Bar to customise the graph’s:
Save / Reset
Save the Data Filters and Layout Configuration using the Save / Reset buttons
on the top right corner of the viewport.
Prioritise
Visual Backlog draws the issue graph in layers of issues sorted by priority from the highest to the lowest.
Horizontal Layout
Set the Layout Direction to Horizontal using the Layout Direction Button
Filter out issues without epics (issues without epics are always drawn on the first layer anyway)
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.
double click an issue to open issue modal
edit the relevant fields e.g. sprint, priority
close the modal (Visual Backlog picks up the changes on modal closing)
Vertical Layout
Set the Layout Direction to Vertical using the Layout Direction Button
Filter out issues without epics (issues without epics are always drawn on the first layer anyway)
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.
double click an issue to open issue modal
edit the relevant fields e.g. sprint, priority
close the modal (Visual Backlog picks up the changes on modal closing)