Quick summary
Enabling issue ranking in Jira lets your team prioritize backlog items by dragging and dropping them into order on any board. This setting is activated through the board's Configure board menu and takes effect immediately after confirmation.
Steps
- Navigate to the board where you want to enable ranking.
- Open board settings by clicking the ellipsis icon.
- Select 'Configure board' from the dropdown menu.
- Click 'Allow issue ranking' to enable the ranking feature.
- Click 'Confirm' to save the change.
- A notification appears confirming that ranking has been successfully enabled.
- You can now prioritize issues on the board by dragging and dropping them into the desired order.



