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title: Manage your epic backlogs
description: Create, update, and rearrange your epics by using a centralized view of epic backlogs on Agile Board.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Agile Development
classification: agile-development
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Scrum Programs for Agile Development 2.0, Agile Development, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Manage your epic backlogs

Create, update, and rearrange your epics by using a centralized view of epic backlogs on Agile Board.

## Before you begin

Role required: it\_program\_manager, scrum\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Agile Development** > **Agile Board**.

2.  From the **Program** tab, select **Backlog**.

    -   If an epic backlog exists, the page populates a list of epics that match the criteria of this backlog.
    -   If you have no existing epic backlogs, see [Create an epic backlog](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/agile-development/create-epic-backlog.md).
3.  To switch between the available epic backlogs, select a backlog from the Backlog list.

4.  To edit the selected backlog, click the edit icon \(\[Omitted image "edit-icon.png"\] Alt text: Edit icon\).

    **Note:** You must have the role of it\_program\_manager to perform this step.

5.  To add a new epic to the selected backlog, click **Create Epic**.

6.  To filter the list of epics by product, select a product category from **Epics by product**.

    You can show or hide the **Epics by product** filter. Click the configuration icon \(\[Omitted image "Configuration-icon.png"\] Alt text: Configuration icon\) and toggle **Show Products Filter** on or off.

7.  To locate an epic from the backlog, using the short description or the epic number, use the search bar.

8.  To edit the details of an epic, click the epic number.

9.  To rearrange the epics based on their priority, do one of the following:

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Action

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Description

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Use the mouse device to rearrange the epics

</td><td>

1.  Select the required epics.
2.  Drag the selection to the desired position and drop it.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Use the keyboard to rearrange a single epic

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1.  To highlight the context menu icon \(\[Omitted image "context-menu-icon.png"\] Alt text: Context menu\) of the desired epic, press the **Tab** key and press the **Enter** key.
2.  Move the epic to the desired position by using the up and down arrow keys.
3.  To fix the position of the epic, press the **Enter** key.


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Use the keyboard to rearrange a group of epics

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1.  To highlight an epic, press the **Tab** key.
2.  To select the epic, press the Enter key.
3.  Navigate using the up and down arrow keys and do the following:
    1.  To select consecutive epics, press the **Shift** and **Enter** keys together.
    2.  To select random epics, press the **Ctrl** \(for Windows\) or **Command** \(for Mac\) key and the **Enter** key together.
4.  To highlight the context menu icon \(\[Omitted image "context-menu-icon.png"\] Alt text: Context menu\) of an epic, press the **Tab** key and press the **Enter** key.
5.  Move the epics to the desired position by using the up and down arrow keys.
6.  To fix the position of the epics, press the **Enter** key.


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</table>    You can also perform the following actions on a single epic or a group of epics:

    1.  Select the required epics.
    2.  Click the more options icon \(\[Omitted image "more-options-icon.png"\] Alt text: More options icon\) of an epic and select any of the following options:
    |Option|Action|
    |------|------|
    |Move to top|Moves epics to the top of the Backlog list.|
    |Move to bottom|Moves epics to the bottom of the Backlog list.|
    |Product|Opens the Products list. Select the product to which the epics belong.|

10. To view the backlog in a standard platform list, click the standard list view icon \(\[Omitted image "standard-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: Standard list view icon\).


**Parent Topic:**[Scrum Programs for Agile Development 2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/agile-development/scrum-programs-concept.md)