How to Create a Kanban Board View in Notion (2026 Guide)

If you want a visual way to manage your tasks or projects or even content pipelines, then using a Kanban board View in Notion is going to help get the things organized for this.

If you use a plain to-do list, then this is not possible but rather using a Kanban board View allows you to see the status as "To Do" or "In Progress" or "Done" all visible in one glance.

In this guide, you will learn how to create a Kanban board view, customize it as per your requirement and then implement the best practices to ensure the board remains useful then being cluttered.

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What Is a Kanban Board View in Notion?

In Notion, using a Board View is known as Kanban Board.

It's one of the way to display the data in the Notion Databases amongst other options such as:

Table View and

List View and

Calendar View and

Timeline View and

Gallery View etc

Using a Kanban board View allows you to see the data in column format on the basis of the property chosen mostly on the basis of a Status or a Select property.

This converts your entire Database into card like view which can now display other properties such as due date, assignee of the project, priority level of the project, or even the tags of the project.

You can drag and drop the card by dragging it around and it will automatically update the database property as per that

Eg : If you drag a task set under "To Do" to "In Progress" it will automatically update the status to "In Progress".

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Why To Use a Kanban Board in Notion?

A Kanban Board View in Notion is popular for the following reasons:

• Provides Visual clarity - Kanban Board View by its nature shows what's pending, active, or complete and overall status of the entire workflow one glance.
• Allows Drag-and-drop simplicity - This doesn't require any manual status update and a simple drag and drop is enough to showcase the updated status at any point of time.
• Provides Deep customization - Allows usage of custom properties, filters and even implementation of sub-groups.
• Supports Native integration - The Kanban board created is present inside the Notion Workspace not in a different workspace. So everything lives inside one workspace such as your notes, wiki, docs etc not in separate workspaces.

Due to these advantages it becomes a strong reason for personal task management, content calendars, spring planning, creating sales pipelines, project tracking and much more.

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How to Create a Kanban Board View in Notion (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Create a New Page

!Create a new page in Notion

Open Notion and create a new page from the sidebar.

Add a clear title to the page such as "Project Tracker" or "Content Calendar"

Step 2: Create a new Board View

You have 2 new ways to create a Board View:

1. Type /Board view and then press Enter to insert an inline style Kanban board directly onto the new page added.

!Type /Board view command in Notion

2. Under the "Get started with," click on the ••• menu available and then choose Board.

!Select Board from the Get Started menu

Either method will create a new database for your which will be displayed like a Kanban Board view style.

Step 3: Set Up Your Status Column

!Set up status column for Kanban board

Notion also requires a property which can be used to group your cards into their desired columns.

By default, it will automatically group your database as per the available Status property (if any).

Otherwise status property must be created which will allow grouping of the cards into the desired status property.

You can rename the properties as per your requirement such as "Not Started", "Ongoing" and even adding other property types such as "In Review" or even "Blocked" status.

If you are looking to group your cards as per something else, you can click on Group in the toolbar and then use a different property type such as Select or Multi-select (either of them will work fine).

Step 4: Add and Organize Cards

!Add and organize cards in Kanban board

Click + New Page at the bottom of any column to add a card corresponding to that status.

Define a title, and then click on the card to showcase more details.

You can add descriptions, due dates, checklists, or even attachments.

For moving a card simply click to drag and drop the same onto a different column as expected.

To reorder your columns by themselves simply click and hold onto a column headings a then drag it left and right to adjust the order of the column heading.

Step 5: Customize Card Properties

!Customize card properties in board view

!Add properties to Kanban board cards

In order to add new properties to a kanban board view, make sure to convert the board view to Table type view.

Then add the desired properties onto the database such as Priority, Assignee, Due Date, or Tags or whatever is needed.

Reset the view back to Board Type.

These will appear as visible properties directly on each of the card, so anyone can scan the board directly without opening any individual items one by one to check upon its status.

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How to convert an Existing Database Into a Kanban Board

If you already have a Notion Database in a Table View format, we don't need to start over to convert the same to Kanban Board view.

Here's what is to be done for this:

• Open the database in Notion.
• Click on the + icon next to your existing views shown, or you can open the current view menu and choose a New view as such.
• Select Board as the view type from the available options.
• Choose which property you want to use to Group By.

After following this, the existing database will be reorganized to a Kanban Card database which doesn't pertain to any loss of data and the original table view stays the same, although it's available as a separate view.

Related Reading : How to convert Notion Database to PDFs on automation

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How to customise Your Notion Kanban Board

Here's few additional settings which can make the board view more appealing:

• Creating Sub-groups - This helps to add a second layer of grouping on top of the main group, the second layer of grouping would be considered as the sub-group of the main group. This can be created with the Assignee being the sub-group under the main group classified under Status.
• Choosing a Card size - There's an option to also choose between different card sizes such as small, medium, or large cards depending on how much detail you want to be visible at a glance.
• Coloring of columns - You can also toggle colors of the column for better visual appeal and faster sorting based on colors.
• Filtering and sorting of data - Filter the board to only show only the required tasks, items that are overdue or any specific project phase that's needed.
• Preview of a Card - Decide if you want to see a cover image of a page on a card or not.

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Notion Kanban Board Best Practices

To make your board genuinely useful rather than just visually organising everything, implement the following:

• Keep a limit on the Work In Progress (WIP) items - Keep a limit of the number of cards that would be marked to each status. When there are too many cards marked under, let's say "In Progress" it overflows and doesn't appear genuinely helpful as such.
• Rename columns as you actually use in your work - Any generic naming convention being followed such as "To Do or Doing or Done" for columns serves no purpose and won't be much helpful for a content marketing team. They would ideally want the status to be marked as Idea, Draft or Review etc.
• Add a "Blocked" or "Waiting" column - This can showcase any form of bottlenecks or hindrances visible rather than being hidden inside In Progress status.
• Review and fix regularly - Archive the cards which completed so the board doesn't look cluttered

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I add a Kanban board to a database I already built in Table view?

Yes. You can add a new Board view to the same database without losing any existing data or views.

What's the difference between Board view and Table view in Notion?

Table view displays your database as rows and columns, like a spreadsheet. Board view groups the same data into columns based on a chosen property, which makes status and workflow much easier to see at a glance.

Can I set work-in-progress (WIP) limits in Notion?

Notion doesn't have a built-in WIP limit feature, but you can enforce limits manually by naming columns clearly and periodically reviewing how many cards sit in each one.

Is the Kanban board feature free in Notion?

Yes. Board view is available on Notion's free plan, along with the other core database views.

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Final Thoughts

Creating a Kanban board view in Notion takes less than a minute, but the way you decide to customize it by using grouping, properties, sub-groups, and filters will determine how much value it can deliver at the end of the day.

Always start simple with a basic status based board view, then start layering in customisations on top of each other. Once it's set up, it becomes one of the easiest ways to keep projects, content, or team tasks that can easily move forward.