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  • Include items from other boards as table
  • Starting from scratch
  • Example use-case: items from other boards
  • Let's start with the workflow example:
  • Board 1 - Deals
  • Board 2 - Products
  • Board 3 - Services
  • Creating the Template
  • Products Table
  • Services Table
  • Summary Table
  • Create Item Level document
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Items from other boards

Include items from other boards in your documents using 'Connect'-Columns'

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This feature is included in the and above.

Example 1: You can create a Project Report from a high-level portfolio and include connected risks from a risk board as a table.

Example 2: You can create a Quote/Proposal and include services and products from connected 'Pricelist' boards.

Include items from other boards as table

At the end of these instructions, you'll also find the used in the following example.

If you're already advanced, here's a quick overview. If you're new, scroll down to our example use case.

Starting from scratch

Insert a table in Microsoft Word. Usually, you only need two rows: one for the headings and one for the placeholders.

The second row (left column) needs to start with the placeholder {{TableStart:ConnectColumnTitle}} and ends (right column) with {{TableEnd:ConnectColumnTitle}} The second row will automatically replicate itself by the numbers of items in the exported PDF.

In between, insert the placeholders you want to use from your connected board. The logic of the placeholder is: {{ColumnTitle}}

If your column from the connected board is named 'Total Cost', the placeholder would be {{Total Cost}}, 'Description' would be {{Description}} and so on. The item name is always {{Name}}.

Example use-case: items from other boards

For this example, we want to generate a Quote with items from other boards. The same logic applies if you want to generate project reports and include risks from a risk board, among others.

Let's start with the workflow example:

Imagine, we are a producer of Garden Sheds and sell Products (Garden Sheds) and Services (Installation, Painting, etc.).

For that reason, we have three boards:

  1. Deals (our main board to generate Quotes)

  2. Products (our product catalogue - connected to our Deals Board)

  3. Services (our service catalogue - connected to our Deals Board)

Board 1 - Deals

This is how the board 'Deals' is structured:

We have two 'Connect Board' Columns and three Formula Columns:

Products -> Connected to the 'Products Board' Services -> Connected to the 'Services Board' Subtotal -> Total of the Mirror Columns 'P-Total' and 'S-Total'. Total -> Formula Column which multiplies 'Subtotal' by 1.2 Tax -> Formula Column which subtracts Total-Subtotal

Board 2 - Products

This is what the board 'Products' looks like:

Board 3 - Services

This is what the board 'Services' looks like:

Creating the Template

In our docx template, we want to include data from three boards. The details of our requestor/client from the 'Deals' board, the Products from the Product Board and the Services from our Service Board.

In the end, we want to have a summary with all numbers (from the Deals Board).

Products Table

The title of the connect column in our Deals board is 'Products', so we need to use these placeholders to load the connected items:

{{TableStart:Products}} and {{TableEnd:Products}}

Services Table

The title of the connect column in our Deals board is 'Services', so we need to use these placeholders to load the connected items:

{{TableStart:Services}} and {{TableEnd:Services}}

Summary Table

The summary uses columns from a specific item in the Deals board, so we reference it with {{Item.ColumnTitle}}

Create Item Level document

Now the template is ready to go. Select the 'DocExport' view in your board and either a) upload your template via the "Upload template" button, if you created a completely new template from scratch.

b) or reupload it via the "customize template" Button in the top right corner of the document, if you have made your adjustments based on an already created template.

Tutorial Video

Note: In this video, you are seeing version 1 of the app. However, the functionality behind it has not changed, so you will still get a good impression of how it works.

Here you can find a video tutorial for a different use case, but with similar steps:

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