The Task Board shows the tasks on an initiative as cards. A saved view holds the arrangement of the board, so you can move between different ways of reading the same tasks without rebuilding the board each time.

To open the board, go to Tools > Tasks and select the Board view.

A view stores the board's Column by, Swimlanes, Sort by, Filter by and Colour by settings. It stores the field you sort by, but not the sort direction. After applying a view you may need to set ascending or descending order again.

Column by can group the cards by task owner, as well as by other task fields.

The board opens on a view named Board, which is provided with the board and uses the columns configured against the initiative classification.

Selecting a view

1. Open the view selector in the board toolbar.
2. Views are listed with shared views first, then your private views, sorted alphanumerically within each group. Shared views carry a globe icon.
3. Select a view. The board reloads with that view's Column by, Swimlanes, Sort by, Filter by and Colour by settings applied.

If a saved view cannot be fully restored, for example where a field it relies on is no longer available, the board falls back to its default configuration and displays a message telling you the view could not be fully restored.

Creating a view

1. Arrange the board as you want it: set Column by, Swimlanes, Filter by and Sort by.
2. Open the view options menu on the toolbar's split button and choose Create as new View.
3. Enter a Name. This is required.
4. Set Visibility to Private or Shared. Only an administrator can set or change visibility; for everyone else the field is not editable and the view is private.
5. Set Available For to either All Initiative Classifications or Select Initiative Classifications. Choosing the latter reveals a multi-select listing every active initiative classification that has the Task Board enabled, whatever its type, pre-filled with the classification you are working in. Initiatives outside the selected classifications will not be offered the view.
6. Save. The view is created with the current board arrangement and becomes the view you are looking at.

Saving changes to a view

With a view selected, adjust Column by, Swimlanes, Filter by or Sort by, then use the save action on the toolbar's split button. The view's stored arrangement is updated in place rather than a duplicate being created. To rename a view or change its visibility or scoping, choose Edit View from the same menu.

Discarding unsaved changes

Choose Revert changes to View to return the board to the last saved state of the view you are on.

Deleting a view

Choose Delete View from the view options menu and confirm. Anyone who had that view selected falls back to the default view. A view cannot be removed while it is the only shared view on the board; the deletion is refused when you confirm it.

If your access to Tasks on the initiative is read-only, you can still rearrange the board for your own session and create, edit and delete your own private views.

The provided Board view behaves differently from views you create. If you are not an administrator, Edit View and Delete View are not available on it at all. Administrators are offered both: editing succeeds, but deleting is refused when you confirm it, for as long as Board remains the only shared view on that board.