ANTE User Manual

Board View

The Board view shows your tasks as cards arranged in columns. Each column is a stage of work — for example BackLog, In Progress, For Review, and Done — and you move a task forward by dragging its card from one column to the next.

The columns on an ANTE board are not fixed. They come from the statuses (board lanes) set up for the project, so a team can rename them, recolor them, reorder them, and add their own stages. Projects can also add custom fields (extra information such as a budget, a label, or a checkbox) that attach to every task.

Overview

Board view is one of two ways to look at the same task list — the other is the Table (list) view. Switching to Board does not change your tasks; it lays them out as draggable cards grouped into columns. It is best for:

  • Seeing at a glance how many tasks sit in each stage (a count appears next to each column title).
  • Moving work along by dragging a card to the next stage.
  • Keeping a team aligned on what is to do, in progress, and done.

Getting Here

Board view appears in two places.

On the Workspace Tasks page

  1. Open Workspace → Tasks (the page with the counter cards at the top — My Tasks, For Review, Overdue, Completed).
  2. On the right of the filter bar there is a small view switcher with two buttons:
    • A Table view button (table icon).
    • A Board view button (columns icon).
  3. Click the Board view button. Your filtered tasks rearrange into columns.

Any filters you have applied (search text, assignee, priority, status, due date, project) stay in effect — the board only shows the tasks that match your current filters.

Inside a project (configurable board view)

Within a project you can create a saved Board view that you control through a settings panel. This is where the dynamic columns and custom fields are fully configurable:

  • The board groups tasks into columns by Status, Priority, or Assignee (see Grouping the board).
  • A Customize view panel lets you change the grouping and toggle what is shown.
  • The columns themselves (the statuses) and any custom fields are managed in the project's Statuses settings (see Managing the columns and Custom fields).

Reading a Board

Each column has:

  • A colored bar at the top in the column's own color.
  • The column title (the status name, e.g. In Progress).
  • A count of how many task cards are in that column.
  • A "Drop tasks here" placeholder when the column is empty, so you can still drag a card into it.

Each task card shows:

  • A star button in the corner — click it to mark the task as Important (it fills in). Click again to remove it. (This affects only your own important markers and does not move the card.)
  • The task title. If the task is in a Done column, the title is shown with a completed style.
  • An assignee — the person's photo (or their initials if there is no photo) and their first name with the initial of their last name.
  • A priority flag badge, in the priority's color, when the task has a priority set.
  • A due date with a calendar icon, when one is set.
  • A checklist progress count (for example 2/5) when the task has a checklist.

Clicking anywhere on a card (other than the star) opens the task details so you can read and edit everything about that task.

Common Tasks

Move a task to another stage

  1. Open the Board view.
  2. Click and hold a task card.
  3. Drag it onto the column for the stage you want, then release.

The card moves immediately, and the task's status updates to match the column you dropped it in.

Completing a task

If you drag a card into a column whose type is Closed (a "done"-style stage), and the task still has incomplete items, a Complete Task? confirmation appears. It lists how many items remain — for example Unfinished Dependencies, Incomplete Checklist Items, or Incomplete Subtasks — so you can confirm before marking the task complete. Choose Complete Anyway to finish it, or Cancel to leave it where it was.

Reorder cards within a column

  1. In the same column, drag a card up or down to the position you want.
  2. Release to drop it.

The new order is saved, so the cards stay in that order the next time you open the board.

Mark a card as important

  1. Find the card on the board.
  2. Click the star in the corner of the card.
  3. Click it again to remove the important marker.

Switch between Board and Table

  1. On the Workspace Tasks page, use the view switcher on the right of the filter bar.
  2. Click the Table button to go back to the table, or the Board button to return to columns.

Grouping the Board

Inside a project's saved Board view, you decide what the columns represent. Open the Customize view panel and choose Group — for a board you can group by:

Group byWhat the columns become
StatusOne column per project status (board lane). This is the default.
PriorityColumns for the project's priority levels.
AssigneeOne column per person who has tasks, plus an Unassigned column.

When grouped by Status, dragging a card to another column changes the task's status. When grouped by Priority, dragging changes the task's priority. When grouped by Assignee, dragging assigns the task to that person.

The Customize view panel also has two toggles for the board:

  • Show empty columns — keep columns visible even when they have no cards. Turn this off to hide empty columns.
  • Show closed tasks — include tasks that are already finished.

Managing the Columns (Statuses)

The board's columns come from the project's statuses (also called board lanes). You manage them in the project's Statuses settings, where each status is a row with its color, name, and type.

Every status has a type that controls how the board treats it:

TypeMeaning
OpenA starting stage (such as a backlog).
ActiveWork that is in progress.
ClosedA finished/done stage. Dragging a card here can trigger the Complete Task? confirmation, and Closed statuses always stay at the bottom of the list.

What you can do with statuses:

  • Add a status — click Add Status, type a name, pick a color from the preset palette, and choose a type (Open, Active, or Closed), then Create.
  • Edit a status — change its name, color, or type. (For built-in System statuses you can change the name and color but cannot delete them or change their type.)
  • Reorder statuses — drag them by the handle to set the left-to-right order of the board columns. Closed statuses must stay at the bottom.
  • Delete a status — remove a status you added (System statuses cannot be deleted). You are asked to confirm first.
Tip

If a project is still using the standard default statuses, you will see a prompt to customize them. Choosing to customize gives the project its own editable copy of the statuses, so your changes affect only that project.

Custom Fields

A project can add custom fields — extra information attached to every task. These are created from the Create field option (in the project view's Fields settings, or the Statuses settings' custom-fields section).

Creating a field is a two-step process:

  1. Pick a field type from the list (you can search the list by name).
  2. Configure the field — give it a Field name (required) and fill in any settings for that type.

The available field types are:

Field typeWhat it's for
DropdownSelect one option from a list you define.
TextA short, single-line text field.
NumberA numeric value (you can add a Prefix and/or Suffix, e.g. $ or kg).
DateA date picked from a calendar.
LabelsOne or more colored tags.
CheckboxA simple true/false (on/off) toggle.
MoneyA currency amount. Choose the Currency (PHP, USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CNY, KRW, AUD, or SGD) and the number of Decimals (0–3).
WebsiteA web address (URL) link.
Text AreaA longer, multi-line text field.

For Dropdown and Labels fields, you build the option list yourself:

  • Type an option name and press Enter to add it.
  • Each option has a color you can change with the color picker.
  • Drag options by their handle to reorder them.
  • Remove an option with its × button.

When you are done, click Create to save the field. Once created, a field appears on the project's tasks and can be shown, hidden, reordered, or deleted from the view's Fields settings.

Warning

Deleting a custom field is permanent. Removing a field deletes that field and all of its values from every task in the project. You are asked to confirm before it is deleted.

Tips and Best Practices

  • Set up your statuses first. Because the columns are driven by your project's statuses, agree on the stages (and their Open / Active / Closed types) before the team starts dragging cards around.
  • Keep Closed at the end. Closed statuses always sit on the right of the board — use them only for "done" stages so the completion confirmation works as expected.
  • Use filters with the board. On the Workspace Tasks page, narrow the board with the search and filter controls so each column only shows the work you care about.
  • Add custom fields sparingly. Only add the extra fields your team will actually fill in — every field shows up on every task in the project.
Note

The exact columns you see depend on how your project's statuses are set up. If your board's columns or custom fields look different from a teammate's, it is because each project can configure its own.

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