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title: "Board view"
canonical: https://syncek.com/docs/views/board-view
locale: en
author: "Syncek"
---

# Board view

A board in Syncek shows an object's records as cards in columns, one column for
each option of a **Stage** or **Select** attribute. Dragging a card to another
column changes that value on the record. Leads and Opportunities come with a
board called **By Stage**, and Contacts and Accounts with one called **By
Status**, all in the view selector above the table.

## Creating a board

Open the [view selector](https://syncek.com/docs/views/saved-views) and choose **Create new view**. Name it, pick **Kanban**
under **Type**, and choose the **Grouping attribute**, which can be any Stage or
Select [attribute](https://syncek.com/docs/core-concepts/attribute-types) of the object. If the object
has neither, **Kanban** cannot be picked.

A table cannot turn into a board, so create a new view instead. A board cannot be
the default view either. To group an existing board by another attribute, open
**View settings**, then **Group by**.

## Moving cards

Drag a card to another column and Syncek saves the new value on the record. Drag
it up or down to change its place in the column. Dropping a card clears the
board's sort, so the cards stay where you put them. Records with no value sit in
**No Stage**, which shows only while it holds records.

Hover a card to edit the record with the pencil or open its page with the arrow.
The **+** on a column header creates a record already in that column.

## Cards and columns

- **View settings**, then **Visible card fields**: switch on the fields a card
  shows and drag them into order.
- **New stage**, after the last column, adds an option to the attribute.
- The menu on a column header moves, relabels, hides or deletes the column.
  **Edit field label** renames it on this board only.
- **Delete stage** removes the option from the attribute, so it disappears from
  every view. Syncek asks where to move the records still in it, but counts only
  those the board's filters and search let through, so clear them first.

On a board grouped by a Stage attribute, each card shows how long the record has
been in its stage, such as `3d`. **Track time in stage**, in the column menu,
turns it off for that column.

[Filters](https://syncek.com/docs/views/filtering), sorts and search work on a board. It has no
[calculation footer](https://syncek.com/docs/views/column-calculations) and no export button.