See more than 3000 work items from a Jira Cloud Business project

Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.

Summary

Jira Business project boards can only display the first 3000 issues added to the project. Newly created issues beyond 3000 will not display.

We can display more than 3000 issues by leveraging a separate board which returns issues only from our Business project.

Atlassian is tracking interest in removing the 3000 limit. Please refer to: JWMCLOUD-613.

Create a new board

  1. In the main Jira navigation menu, select Your Work → View All Boards

  2. Select Create Board

  3. Select Create a Board → Board from an existing project

  4. Assign the Board name, select the target Business Project, and use Personal as the Location

    1. You will be redirected to the new board after creation

  5. Copy the Board's web address from your browser's address bar

Next, we'll add this board as a Shortcut to the existing Business project for easy access.

Add newly created board as a Shortcut to your project

  1. Return to your Business project

  2. Select Shortcuts → Add shortcut

  3. Paste the address of the board in the Web address box, and name the board as you see fit

    1. Please refer to the screenshot below:

Add shortcut menu with the created board URL set as the web address.

Now, the board you've created can display up to 5000 work items from your Business project. Your project team can access this board easily from the Shortcuts menu.

Updated on April 10, 2025

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