Initative is a very powerful concept. It allows the user to group issues in “buckets“ and work with them independent throughout the solution. As an example initiatives can be used to group all issues in a release, or dedicated number of Epics (On Jira cloud Initiatives are supported opening the app from “Apps menu”)
Work with Initiatives
Create Initiatives
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Open Initiatives by pressing the table left plus button. Then in the new window add Issues pressing the plus or “Add Epics“ buttons. You can load any combination of issues into Initiatives such as projects, boards, JQL, favorite filters and dedicated Epics.
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Work with Initiatives
Throughout the solution there is an Initiatives picker. Select any combinations of Initiatives or look at all Issues loaded.
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