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 right

• Scroll + 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 scroll up / down t zoom in/ out

Using the trackpad:

• Hold down Control and scroll up / 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:

• Layout Direction

• View Mode

• Edge Line Type

• Layout Strategy

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

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. 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

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. 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)

Create issue links

Edit issue links

Delete issue links