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Default Parent Card
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In this article:
Overview
Parent-child card relations can be very complex. When the card has more than one parent, one of them is set as the default parent. In other words, the default parent is the main parent of the card. The other parents will be used for progress aggregation purposes only.
The first assigned parent is the default parent automatically.
The default parent feature applies to Mind Map and Gantt Chart views, where cards are presented in a strictly visual manner. In card relation diagrams, only the default parent is displayed.
The subcard is time related to both parent cards. That is, the start date and due date of the subcard should fall within the start and end dates of its parent cards. Read more about date dependencies observation.
Theoretical example
There are three subcards and two parent cards. Each parent card is related to all three child cards but each child card can have only one default parent.

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Cards Child 1 and Child 2 have the same default parent which is Parent 1.
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Child 3 has Parent 2 set as default.
Note, that the default parent idea is not important for work progress calculation. Each parent has the same indicator of completed work – 1/3 subcards completed.
Practical example
In this example, the Financial Plan for New Product Launch card has two parents. Each of them can be a default parent. The first parent assigned to that card is the default parent.
- Subcard: Financial Plan for New Product Launch
- Parent Card 1: New Product Launch (default parent)
- Parent Card 2: Financial Plans
Cards can even be related to parents from different spaces.
Example: This card has parents in the marketing department – New Product Launch from the Marketing Campaigns space and the finance department – Financial Plan from the Accountancy space.
Changing the default parent card
To change the default parent card:
- Open the subcard.
- On the card top bar, go to More (the three-dots menu).
- Select
Card relations.
- On the selected card, go to More (the three-dots menu).
- Select Set as default.

FAQ
What kind of card relation can I create using Mind Map view?
You can create parent and child relations using the Mind Map view.
What if the card has more than one parent?
Even if the card has more than one parent, only one of them is the default parent. The connection visible on the Mind Map view is the one between the child card and the default parent card.
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