Choose what each card shows
A card starts with the assignee and the tags. On a board that spans Claims Platform and Core Insurance, the project each change request belongs to matters more than either, and on a bug board priority does. Card fields are how you decide.
Before you start
A named board in the AnyKanban hub, with its work item type chosen on the General tab: the list of addable fields comes from that type.
Steps
- Open the board and select Settings.
- Open the Fields tab.
- Pick a field from Add field…, and it joins the list as a new row. The demo cross-project board shows Assigned To, Team Project and Tags; the bug board shows Assigned To, Priority and Tags.
- Drag a row to change the order, where the whole row is the handle rather than only the grip, or remove one with its Delete button. From the keyboard: focus a row, press Space to pick it up, move with the arrow keys, press Space to drop.
- Tick or clear Show work item ID on cards, which is on by default.
- Tick Hide empty fields on cards if fields without a value should be left off cards entirely, then select Save.
What you should see
Each card reads top to bottom: the type icon, the ID when you left it on, and the title; then the state row; then your fields, in your order. Each field row is labeled with the field's display name, except Assigned To, which shows initials and the name without a label. Tags render as pills rather than text, and dates are formatted for your locale.
A field with no value reads —, except Assigned To, which reads Unassigned.
With Hide empty fields on cards on, those rows are simply absent.
Notes
ID, Title, State and Work Item Type are never field rows and are not offered in Add field…: the title is always shown, the ID has its own checkbox and the state has its own row. Card fields are also the fields you can edit by clicking on the card, so hiding empty fields removes that shortcut for exactly the fields most likely to need filling. Tags are the one exception: they render as pills and have no inline editor.