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title: Sort Backlog Issues by Priority Score
description: "Managers can sort their backlog issues by their priority scores by following these simple steps. Step1: Click on the Backlog Board. ![](https://support.appbox.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/backlog-1024x490.png) Step2 : Click on board settings in the drop down. ![](https://support.appbox.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/boardSettings-1024x493.png) Step3: Click on General>Filter>Edit Filter Query and…"
url: "https://support.appbox.ai/docs/backlog-prioritization-for-jira/best-practices/sort-backlog-issues-by-priority-score/"
updated: "2021-07-29"
category: Best Practices
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# Sort Backlog Issues by Priority Score

Managers can sort their backlog issues by their priority scores by following these simple steps.

Step1: Click on the Backlog Board.

![](https://support.appbox.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/backlog-1024x490.png)

Step2 : Click on board settings in the drop down.

![](https://support.appbox.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/boardSettings-1024x493.png)

Step3: Click on General>Filter>Edit Filter Query and then save the changes.

![](https://support.appbox.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/editfilter1-1024x490.png)

Step 4 :Change the filter criteria to project = EM ORDER BY Score DESC

![](https://support.appbox.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/saveFilter-1024x472.png)

If you want to display the priority score of the issues on the backlog board please go through [this](https://support.appbox.ai/docs/backlog-prioritization-for-jira/best-practices/display-priority-score-on-kanban-backlog/)