When you create an agile board, YouTrack lets you choose from one of four templates.
Each template is pre-configured to help you set up the board with a minimum amount of effort.
No matter which template you choose, you define the following settings before the board is created.
You can edit these settings at any time on the General tab of the Board Settings panel.
Setting
Description
Name
The name that is assigned to the agile board. If the name is not unique in YouTrack, this field is highlighted.
Projects
The list of projects from which you can add issues to the board.
Can view and use board
The group of users who can access the board and update issues.
Can change board settings
The group of users who can access and update board settings.
Scrum Board
The Scrum board template uses the following default settings:
Tab
Setting
Value
General
Sprint options
Manually assign issues to sprints
Columns and Rows
Columns
are identified by State
Values for Columns
Open, In Progress, Fixed, Verified
WIP Settings
The number of tasks that are allowed in each column is set to No, that is: not limited
Swimlanes
are identified by Issues from field Type
Values for Swimlanes
Feature
Card
Estimation Field
If the projects of the board have a field with the following parameters, then it is set as the board estimation field:
Field type is period, integer, or float
Field name starts with "Estimation"
If such a field is not found, this value is not set.
Default Value for Type
Task
Color Scheme
The color scheme for the cards is defined by the Priority field.
Chart
Type
Burndown
Issue Filter
All cards
Burndown calculated by
The value is set based on the time tracking settings for projects on the board:
Issue count, if no estimation field is set for the board in the Cards settings.
Estimation, if the estimation field is set, but time tracking is not enabled in all of the projects on the board.
Work items, if the estimation field is set and time tracking is enabled in all of the projects on the board.
Kanban Board
The Kanban board template uses the following default settings:
Tab
Setting
Value
General
Sprint options
Manually assign issues to sprints
Columns and Rows
Columns
are identified by State
Values for Columns
Open, In Progress, Fixed, Verified
WIP Settings
The number of cards that are allowed in each column is set as follows:
Column
Min WIP
Max WIP
Open
No
No
In Progress
No
5
Fixed
No
5
Verified
No
No
Swimlanes
No swimlanes
Card
Estimation Field
No estimation field
Color Scheme
The color scheme for the cards is defined by the Priority field.
Chart
Type
Cumulative flow
Issue Filter
All cards
Version-based Board
The Version-based board template was built to support the default behavior of agile boards in earlier versions of YouTrack.
This template uses the following default settings:
Tab
Setting
Value
General
Sprint options
Link sprints to custom field
If the projects on the board have a field with the following parameters, it is set automatically as the linked field:
Field name Fix versions
Field type is version
If such a field is not found, you encounter an error.
With sprints linked to a custom field, you can use the Query setting to filter the cards that are visible on the board.
All of the remaining settings are assigned default values.
Custom Board
With the Custom board template, all of the settings are assigned default values.
You can freely configure each setting on the board as you desire.
