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Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Smith

Reputation: 2599

Azure DevOps not showing Tasks on Boards

We have our board set up with the appropriate columns, however it is only showing Stories. We have individual unparented "Tasks" that we also need to move through the columns. How do we get these visible on the "Boards" page?

Upvotes: 24

Views: 27300

Answers (4)

Bob Zasuly
Bob Zasuly

Reputation: 61

I agree that there's a legit reason to have an unparented task show on the board. We have parent stories on other boards with child tasks assigned to people on other boards and want them to show. This allows the story owner to keep their story on their board to track, but also allows the task assignees to see their work on their own boards. What's the harm in allowing this capability--that's the better question.

Upvotes: 6

Ahmed.Net
Ahmed.Net

Reputation: 186

if your tasks are bugs you can do this: in settings -> working with bugs -> select: Bugs are managed with requirements. not sure about other tasks.

Upvotes: 2

Levi Lu-MSFT
Levi Lu-MSFT

Reputation: 30313

I think you can assign these unparented tasks to a sprint. Unparented tasks can be shown in Sprints Taskboard from where you can move them through the columns.enter image description here

It seems it is by design that Boards cannot show standalone tasks. However, you can submit user voice to the product team here.

Upvotes: 13

TrevorBrooks
TrevorBrooks

Reputation: 3840

Tasks should be associated with your Stories - or they will be orphaned, you can do this by clicking on a Task, click the Add Link button under the Related Work section in the lower right of the Task window. Choose Existing Item.. Select Parent as the Link Type then choose what Story you want the Task to be linked to, then Save it.

It should appear on the Boards after that.

If you truly want an Unparented Task you can create the Task under an existing User Story on the board, then click on the Task and remove its Parent and Save it. It will show up on the board as an Unparented Task.

Upvotes: 1

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