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Card Structure

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Cards are the building blocks of the KanBo hierarchy. A card can be a representation of a task, project, or important information. All the work is happening in cards. They are located in spaces and have a well-defined structure.

The card structure:

Card front

The card front is a visual representation of the card in a space view. It is a white rectangle with the card name at the top and various card icons in the middle.

Example: Food card front. What can we see from the space level? This card is in progress. It’s a subcard of the Urban Picnic card. It has the outdoor label and 6 of 8 completed to-do list items.

Read more about card icons to learn how to interpret them without opening cards.

Card content

To open the card:

  • Select the card front.

Cards have a well-defined structure that can be expanded by adding more card elements. Every KanBo card has three major sections on the Content tab: card details on the left, card elements in the middle, and card activity stream on the right.

  • Card Details are used to describe the card. They are helpful in determining the purpose and character of the card. They also give you information about other related cards, users, and time dependencies. 

  • Card Elements are features that make up the contents of the card. They are useful for describing task details with notes and to-do lists, or for organizing card documents.

  • Card Activity Stream shows what is happening inside a card. You can explore who created it and track its entire existence. There is also space for comments.

Head to the articles about each section for more information:

Card top bar

In the top bar of the card, you can find basic card details, such as its name, the Home Space, and related cards.

  • The Home Space of the card. A card can be visible in multiple spaces but it always has the one original space where it is located.

  • Related cards. A card can have many relations with other cards at the same time. You can see and add new relations here.

  • The name of the card.

Card tabs

New thing in KanBo 3.0 are card tabs. The former structure of a card, is found in the Content tab. However, a card can have more tabs, depending on its use, for example the Subwork tab.

Two additional tabs appear in the mobile view: Activity tab and Details tab. They correspond respectively to card details and card activity stream. This is because the Content tab contains only card elements in this view.

Example: The Content tab in the mobile view.

Learn more about cards.

FAQ

Cards are the most fundamental units of KanBo. They can represent tasks or projects that need to be tracked and managed. Its complex structure helps with work organization. Cards are what make up the content of the spaces.

Use cards as a representation of a task and track its progress with card statuses. Connect different cards together using card relations. Learn the card basics with our guide.

Cards can be created by clicking the plus icon. Look for it in space views that contain groupings, or in the Navigation Panel.

Card icons represent the content of a card. You can decide which ones to display using Display settings.

Use space views to present cards in different ways. You can use views that include groupings like Kanban view or List view, or present them as a table, calendar, chart, or map.

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