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title: Create an epic backlog
description: Categorize epics into epic backlogs by defining a set of filters according to your preferences. While planning your scrum program, you can use these epic backlogs to plan for only those stories that belong to the epics in this backlog.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Scrum Programs for Agile Development 2.0, Agile Development, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Create an epic backlog

Categorize epics into epic backlogs by defining a set of filters according to your preferences. While planning your scrum program, you can use these epic backlogs to plan for only those stories that belong to the epics in this backlog.

## Before you begin

Role required: it\_program\_manager

## About this task

With epic backlogs, you can filter stories on the planning board, to display the stories from only certain epics. For example, you can create a backlog of epics with Priority set as High. Later on the planning board, you can focus only on the stories belonging to these high-priority epics and plan your sprints accordingly.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to the Epic Backlog form in one of the following ways:

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From the Epic Backlogs module

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1.  Navigate to **Agile Development** &gt; **Epic Backlogs**.
2.  Click **New**.


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From Agile Board

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Navigate to **Agile Development** &gt; **Agile Board** &gt; **Program** &gt; **Backlog** and do one of the following:-   If you are creating an epic backlog for the first time, click **Create Backlog**.
-   If this backlog that you want to create is an addition to existing epic backlogs, click the create icon \(\[Omitted image "createnew.png"\] Alt text: Create icon\).


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</table>2.  In the **Name** field, enter a name of your choice for the epic backlog.

3.  To set the desired filter conditions, click **Add Filter Condition** or **Add "OR" Clause**.

    For example, you can choose to filter your epics by the priority set for them.

    **Note:** The default filter condition is **Task type is Epic** and **Active is true**.

4.  Click **Submit**.


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