Groom the backlog

The backlog is every task in the project that is not assigned to a sprint: the pool you draw from when planning a sprint. The Backlog tab shows it as a sortable table built for triage, with inline edits, grouping, and bulk moves.

By default the table shows top-level tasks only. If the project has subtasks, a Roots only / All tasks toggle appears in the toolbar; switch to All tasks to include unscheduled subtasks, each with a breadcrumb showing its parent.

Move tasks into a sprint

Single task:

1. Find the task’s row. The Sprint column has a Move to… dropdown listing the project’s open sprints (those still in Planning or already Active).

2. Pick the sprint. The task leaves the backlog immediately.

Several at once:

1. Tick the checkbox on each task you want to move. The header checkbox selects everything currently listed.

2. A bar appears above the table showing how many tasks are selected. Choose the target in the Move to sprint… dropdown.

3. Select Move.

Tip

Completed sprints never appear as move targets, so you cannot accidentally file new work into a closed sprint.

Group, sort, and filter

• Group by organizes the table under collapsible headers by Status, Priority, or Assignee (or No grouping for a flat list). Your choice is remembered per project.
• The column headers sort by title, priority, assignee, or due date.
• Filter narrows the list by status and priority, and the search box matches task titles.
• You can save a combination of filters, sort, and grouping as a named view and reapply it later from the toolbar.

Each row supports quick edits without opening the task: priority is an inline dropdown, and clicking the row opens the full task form. Overdue due dates show in red. For everything you can do inside the task form itself, see working with tasks.

Choose your columns

The Columns menu toggles the Priority, Assignee, Due date, and Sprint columns on and off. Hiding the Sprint column also hides the per-row Move to… dropdown, which makes for a cleaner read-only review. Column choices persist in your browser, so the backlog looks the way you left it next time you open it.

Tasks that belong to an epic show a colored epic chip under their title, which makes theme-by-theme grooming easy to scan. The Epics button in the toolbar manages the project’s epics; see grouping work with epics.

FAQs

Why is a task missing from the backlog? Either it is already on a sprint, or it is a subtask and the toggle is set to Roots only. Switch to All tasks to see unscheduled subtasks too.

Does moving a subtask move its parent? Not from the backlog table; the row you move is the row that goes. The sprint board’s Add from Backlog picker is the surface that pulls parents along automatically when you select a subtask.

Are my grouping and column settings shared with teammates? No. They are stored in your browser, so each person grooms with their own layout.