Manage the Boards Admin View

The Boards Admin View contains a list of every Board in your account that System Administrators can use to get a quick snapshot of the overall Boards details, including when they were last updated, how many cards each one has, and more.

From this area, you can perform the following actions:

  • Filter the Boards list
  • Configure the Boards list columns
  • Group the Boards list

Access requirements

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Adobe Workfront plan Any
Adobe Workfront license

Standard

Plan

Access level configurations System Administrator

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Prerequisites

You must create a Board before you can view it from the Admin View.

For more information, see Create or edit a board.

Filter the Boards list

  1. Click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-left corner, then click Boards.

  2. On the Boards page, select the Admin View tab.

  3. Select Filter. The Filters panel opens.

  4. Follow the steps below to configure the filter:

    1. (Optional) Click the Calendar icon Calendar icon and then select a date range to filter by Boards that were last modified within that timeframe.

    2. (Optional) In the Template section, select the type of Board template that the list will filter by. You can select more than one template type.
      For more information about Board template types, see Create or edit a board.

    3. (Optional) In the Is Archived section, select if archived or non-archived Boards will display. You can select more than one option.

      Is Archived section

  5. Click outside the Filters panel to close it. Your filter selections will remain applied to the Boards list until it’s changed back to the default view.

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    To remove a filter, open the Filters panel and click Back to default in the upper-right corner.

Configure the Boards list columns

  1. Click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-left corner, then click Boards.

  2. On the Boards page, select the Admin View tab.

  3. Select Columns. The Fields visibility and order panel opens.

  4. Configure which columns appear in the Boards list by selecting or deselecting the toggle in-line with each column:

    • Owner
    • Last updated
    • Members
    • Archived
    • Template
    • Card count
  5. (Optional) To adjust the order the fields appear in, click and hold the Drag icon to the left of a field, then drag it to a new position.

    Click and drag

  6. Click outside the Fields visibility and order panel to close it. Your column configurations will remain applied to the Boards list until they’re modified.

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    When the Boards list columns display is modified, a blue dot appears above the Columns icon to indicate that the current view has been modified from the default.

Group the Boards list by a specific field

  1. Click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-left corner, then click Boards.

  2. On the Boards page, select the Admin View tab.

  3. Select Group. The Group by panel opens.

  4. Select the field you want to group the Boards list by:

    • Archived
    • Owner
    • Template
  5. (Optional) To expand or collapse the grouping from the Group by panel, click Collapse all or Expand all.

    Collapse all

  6. (Optional) To change the grouping’s display order from A-Z to Z-A, select the field the list is currently grouped by, then select Z-A from the drop-down.

    Display by order

  7. Click outside the Group by panel to close it. From here, you can collapse or expand the applied grouping in the list by selecting the arrow next to the grouping title.

    Collapse or expand

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    When the Boards list grouping display is modified, a blue dot appears above the Group icon to indicate that the current view is different from the default.

    If you want to remove a grouping, open the Group by panel and select Clear all in the upper-right corner.
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