how to integrate demand state and stage on the same visual task board

[major li]

 Hi community,

I hope you are doing great. 

i have a requirement. currently I am using VTB to manage my demands and delivery. So i grouped by stage, here is what I have. 

In addition, I have a further request. demand has bunch of state of its own, which will be of importance to manage. Do you happen to know how to add a second lane under the existing one? I am aware of the swim lane setting but it is not the best approach I want to achieve.

Thanks a lot. 

[M Iftikhar]

Hi @major li ,

Unfortunately, VTB only supports a single level of grouping at a time (either by field or by swimlane). Out of the box, there isn’t a way to nest another lane under an existing column.

Workarounds you could consider:

• Swimlanes by Demand State 
  Keep grouping by Stage and add swimlanes by Demand State. This gives you two dimensions (columns = Stage, swimlanes = State).

• Combined field (Stage + State) 
  Create a new field that concatenates Stage and State, then group by this. It mimics a two-level grouping, but can get cluttered with many values.

• Customization 
  With scripting, you could extend VTB, though this requires development effort and isn’t supported out of the box.

So in short, no native nested lanes, but the above workarounds can help depending on your use case

Thanks & Regards, 
Muhammad Iftikhar 

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[major li · Accepted solution]

I would go for the combine solution. Thanks @M Iftikhar . 

[M Iftikhar]

@major li Glad to hear that worked for you.
If my response helped, please mark it as the accepted solution so others in the community can benefit as well.