Order of state columns in IBM Rational Team Concert Kanban view is not shown as expected

Answer

The order in which the states belonging to a particular state group are shown in the kanban board view is dependent on the state id, for example, if the state name and id are defined as Analyzing s13, Reviewed s14, Ready s15, the order should show as Analyzing, Reviewed, Ready in the order of s13, s14, s15

It is as shown below highlighting the id of the states (group=Analysing) in the process definition and ordering of states in the Kanban view

1. Remove* the states from the current and all other workflows, using the Process Configuration > workflow page > States

2. Save the changes

3. Add the states into the workflow States section in the order in which the states are intended. In this example Required | Analyzing | Ready (For Approval)

4. Complete the state transition based on actions between the states as highlighted below as an example

5. Review the order of states in the RTC plan > Kanban view which should now reflect the changes in state id in order of creation in step 3 above.

Note:

• You need to make note of the workitems in the project area which will be affected due to this state id change. Which will need to be
  fixed manually post re-creating the states as explained above.
• If the same state is used in multiple workflows then the states need to be deleted (Remove) and Recreated (Add) in all such workflows.