Use product backlog controls in Azure Boards
Azure DevOps Services | Azure DevOps Server 2022 | Azure DevOps Server 2020 | Azure DevOps Server 2019 | TFS 2018
Once you've defined your product backlog, you can use the following controls to change or filter the view.
Important
If you turn the In Progress control off, then items that are in the Active, Committed, or Resolved states or in the In Progress category workflow state won't appear in the backlog. To learn more about category workflow states, see How to use workflow states and state categories.
For details on using each of these controls, see Configure your backlog view.
Icon or Link
Control
Function
Backlog
Analytics
Board
Forecast
Mapping
Parents
In progress items
Email a copy of your backlog
Backlog selector
Note
Your backlog levels may differ from the level shown in the previous image based on the process selected or customizations you made to your process. Other common labels are Backlog items (Scrum), Requirements (CMMI), and Issues (Basic). To learn more, see Choose a process.
View options
- Turn Parents on/off (not available for top-level portfolio backlog)
- Turn Forecasting on/off (Only available on product backlog)
- Turn In Progress items on/off
- Turn Completed child items on/off
- Show Mapping (not available for top-level portfolio backlog)
- Show Planning
View options
- Turn Parents on/off (not available for top-level portfolio backlog)
- Turn Forecasting on/off (Only available on product backlog)
- Turn In Progress items on/off
- Show Mapping (not available for top-level portfolio backlog)
- Show Planning
Filter
Settings
/ 
Full screen
Enter or exit full screen mode
Filter
Settings
/ 
Full screen mode
Enter or exit full screen mode
/ 
Expand/Collapse
Expand or collapse one level of the tree hierarchy
More commands
Note
Even if you have show parents turned on, the Create Query and Email controls will only list items at the currently selected level.
Related articles
Feedback
Submit and view feedback for