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title: Kanban view
slug: kanban-view
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createdAt: 2022-10-24T13:11:53.000Z
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A kanban board is an agile project management tool designed to help visualize work, limit work-in-progress, and maximize efficiency.

To switch to the kanban view go to the desired definition (for example - contacts), click on edit view then switch to Kanban at the top right corner.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/H6xW5dyOK45vj1XYW2Pxe_image.png)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/PiYAAoZvVeSkhyVNFxPP2_image.png)

Under the grouping property, you can choose a property that will be used to group items by columns. Only entity-type properties can be used for grouping. For example - we can group contacts by their language.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/JOwLQZJAXi5m_wb0i8KcB_image.png)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/Xk6OtJBsEvzREOanZLwVb_image.png)

Each column represents a language. A number at the top of the column displays the number of items in the column.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/Fr8cDgiCP2lZIyaC_XWGN_image.png)

You can also change the language of contact by moving the contact from one column to another. For example - we can change the language of 'Tom Smith' by dragging the card to the 'English' column.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/ileY9GePQuTsqc8Ul1nDG_image.png)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/FSicDxkhzP6zEsx907YXI_image.png)

In the edit view section, you can also set the fields that are displayed on the card, and set the sorting for the cards.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/Y9o8RXerYzVNLtjwgveRu_image.png)

Metrics can also be applied to the kanban view 

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/5goaGPkGyPYxtK7K75CEC/iRiCp_lo4oLkRpIjDW5UF_image.png)

Keep in mind that for now only 1000 cards can be displayed at the time.