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title: Manage your portfolio backlog
description: Manage, evaluate, prioritize, and sequence epics in your portfolio backlog.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/scaled-agile-framework-safe/manage-your-portfolio-backlog.html
release: australia
product: Scaled Agile Framework \(SAFe\)
classification: scaled-agile-framework-safe
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [SAFe Board—Portfolio level, Portfolio SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework \(SAFe\), Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Manage your portfolio backlog

Manage, evaluate, prioritize, and sequence epics in your portfolio backlog.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_portfolio\_safe.safe\_portfolio\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Scaled Agile Framework \(SAFe\)** > **SAFe Board**.

2.  From the choice list at the top left corner, select the level as **Portfolio**.

3.  Click the **Backlog** tab.

4.  To add an epic at the bottom of the backlog.

    1.  Click **Create Epic**.

    2.  Specify the required details in the form and click **Submit**.

5.  To add an epic while simultaneously deciding its order of implementation in the backlog.

    1.  Select an epic in the backlog.

    2.  Click **Create Epic**.

    3.  Specify the required details in the form and click **Submit**.

        The epic is created beneath the epic that was selected in the backlog.

6.  To search for epics by their short descriptions, type a word in the search box and press **Enter**.

7.  To arrange epics within the backlog, use either of the following options.

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Action

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Description

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**Using the drag feature**

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Point to an epic and drag it to the required position.

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**Using the keyboard**

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1.  Press the **Tab** key.
2.  After the desired epic is highlighted, press the **Tab** key.
3.  After the \[Omitted image "draganddropicon.png"\] Alt text: Icon used to move the record icon is highlighted, press the **Enter** key.
4.  After the \[Omitted image "plansprintactivity.png"\] Alt text: Icon used to move the record icon appears, use the up and down arrow keys.
5.  To fix the position of the epic, press the **Enter** key.


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</table>    If the backlog contains more than 50 epics, then a pagination control appears at the bottom of the list enabling you to navigate to the first, last, previous, or next page in the list.

8.  To view the backlog as a standard platform list, click **View Standard List**.

9.  To perform any action on a set of epics.

    -   Select the required epics.
    -   Click \[Omitted image "ellipsis.png"\] Alt text: Icon used to perform a single action on multiple features and select any of the following options:
    |Option|Description|
    |------|-----------|
    |**Move to top**|Epics are placed at the top of the backlog section.|
    |**Move to bottom**|Epics are placed at the bottom of the backlog section.|


**Parent Topic:**[SAFe Board—Portfolio level](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/scaled-agile-framework-safe/portfolio-tabs.md)