Creating and managing boards

Each Jira space can have multiple BetterBoard boards. You might have one for daily standups, one for sprint planning, and a private one for your personal view — all within the same space.

Creating, renaming, deleting, reordering, or saving changes to a shared view requires permission to manage shared views in its home space. Everyone can manage their own private views. See View permissions for the space settings.

Creating a board

1. Open BetterBoard in any Jira space
2. Click the board name in the top-left switcher to open the board list
3. Click Create new view…
4. Enter a name and choose visibility (Shared or Private). Shared is unavailable if you do not have permission to manage shared views.
5. Follow the setup steps to choose columns and card details, then select Create view now.

The new board inherits no settings from existing boards. You can refine its columns, display fields, and filters after creation.

The board switcher

The board switcher (top left) lists all boards available to you in the current space — both your private boards and all shared boards.

• Shared boards are visible to everyone with space access
• Private boards show only to you
• Drag your private boards to reorder them; reordering shared boards requires shared-view management permission

Click any board in the switcher to navigate to it instantly.

Renaming a board

1. Open the board switcher
2. Hover over the board you want to rename
3. Click the Rename view (pencil) icon that appears to the right
4. Type the new name and press Enter

Board names are visible to everyone who can see the board. Choose names that clearly describe the board’s purpose — for example, “Sprint board (current)” or “Triage queue — unassigned”.

You can also rename a board using the command palette — press ⌘K (or Ctrl+K) and search for “Rename view”. See Keyboard shortcuts for more.

Duplicating a board

BetterBoard doesn’t have a dedicated duplicate button, but you can create a copy by saving your current board’s configuration as a new board:

1. Open the board you want to copy
2. Make the configuration changes you want to keep in Display settings or the filter bar.
3. Open the dropdown beside Save and choose Save as new view. If you cannot manage the shared view, select the Save as private view button instead.
4. BetterBoard creates a private copy and opens it for renaming. Enter a name for your copy.

The new board is fully independent — changes to it don’t affect the original. To share the copy, change its visibility; this requires permission to manage shared views.

Deleting a board

1. Open the board switcher
2. Hover over the board you want to delete
3. Click the Delete view (trash) icon that appears to the right
4. Confirm deletion

Deleting a board is permanent. The board configuration (columns, fields, filters) is removed. Jira work items themselves are not affected.

Board limits

There is no hard limit on the number of boards per space. Boards work great with up to 1,000 work items — after that you may notice longer loading times. In practice, teams find that 3–5 boards per space covers most workflows without creating confusion.

Common board setups that work well:

• Team standup — shared, grouped by assignee, filtered to current sprint
• Sprint planning — shared, grouped by status, no filter (shows the full backlog)
• My work — private, filtered to “Assignee is Me”, grouped by priority
• Triage queue — shared, filtered to unassigned work items, sorted by creation date