# \#boards

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## [Issue board not filtering by project-level label](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/issue-board-not-filtering-by-project-level-label/135661)

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**Author:** [@PeterBelbin](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/PeterBelbin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/issue-board-not-filtering-by-project-level-label/135661 "2026-10-13T22:08:26Z")

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Problem to solve Within an account having multiple sub-groups and projects, until recently, I used to be able to use a label filter that excluded work items that used a label that was only present on a single project. N…

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## [Can you make epic boards useable (add list filtering according to epic fields etc.)?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/can-you-make-epic-boards-useable-add-list-filtering-according-to-epic-fields-etc/133036)

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**Author:** [@rastislav.pecena](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/rastislav.pecena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/can-you-make-epic-boards-useable-add-list-filtering-according-to-epic-fields-etc/133036 "2026-03-04T21:14:19Z")

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Can you please filtering into Epic boards (for each list of the board, and for the board itself) as it is in Epic list? Why it is not possible to filter epic board by epic fields (including user created ones)? Using jus…

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## [How to disable status in board?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-disable-status-in-board/128361)

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**Author:** [@Annatimteo](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/Annatimteo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-disable-status-in-board/128361 "2025-07-15T14:46:11Z")

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The new implementation “status” Status | GitLab Docs that creates by standard a “to-do” aside every issue in board is really confusing for me. How can i disable this visualization in my board? I don’t want to see “status…

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## [Receiving error "Something went wrong while updating the issue. Please try again." when changing due date](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/receiving-error-something-went-wrong-while-updating-the-issue-please-try-again-when-changing-due-date/124077)

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**Author:** [@neerajdixit2909](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/neerajdixit2909)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/receiving-error-something-went-wrong-while-updating-the-issue-please-try-again-when-changing-due-date/124077 "2025-04-30T11:23:02Z")

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I am changing the due date of an issue under Plan\> issueboard\>issue\> dates after changing dates when clicking on apply, it is giving an error, don’t know why Error: Something went wrong while updating the issue. Please…

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## [Rule sets for issue boards](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/rule-sets-for-issue-boards/115340)

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**Author:** [@NeilH](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/NeilH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/rule-sets-for-issue-boards/115340 "2024-10-15T15:46:09Z")

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Is there a way to set up issues boards lists with rules such as an issue must have at least one of Or issue must have a description

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## [Gitlab raw file access file names](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-raw-file-access-file-names/100168)

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**Author:** [@jfrankl8](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/jfrankl8)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-raw-file-access-file-names/100168 "2024-02-21T21:40:37Z")

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The basics of this have been addressed elsewhere but all approaches seem to be using commands like curl which permit passing a name for the file. However, and this is a bit cross platform here, I am trying to access an A…

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## [Show assigned user display name on issue cards within board](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/show-assigned-user-display-name-on-issue-cards-within-board/94716)

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**Author:** [@newmanw10](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/newmanw10)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/show-assigned-user-display-name-on-issue-cards-within-board/94716 "2023-11-01T15:05:44Z")

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Would like to be able to show the assigned users display name on an issue card. Currently only the users avatar is displayed, which is very small, if set at all. This make is tough to quickly scan the board and see who…

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## [Can't assign from boards (An error occurred while updating assignees.)](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/cant-assign-from-boards-an-error-occurred-while-updating-assignees/53315)

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**Author:** [@thiago.b.almeida](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/thiago.b.almeida)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/cant-assign-from-boards-an-error-occurred-while-updating-assignees/53315 "2023-09-27T11:47:29Z")

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After updating gitlab (self-managed) to version 13.11.4, we can’t assign issues directly from the board anymore. When we try to do it, we see the following message: An error occurred while updating assignees. If I enter…

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## [Issue board: sorting by Milestone became a premium feature?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/issue-board-sorting-by-milestone-became-a-premium-feature/70412)

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**Author:** [@Roneo](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/Roneo)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/issue-board-sorting-by-milestone-became-a-premium-feature/70412 "2022-11-14T01:03:23Z")

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Hi there, for each project, I used to set up Milestones and to create a Board displaying issues sorted by Milestones. Here is a screenshot: Now only Labels are available in the Free Tier: According to the docum…

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## [Bug of the board](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/bug-of-the-board/52601)

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**Author:** [@MAYI](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/MAYI)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/bug-of-the-board/52601 "2022-06-01T17:10:09Z")

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Hello, I have created a new board of a new project and several labels are also created. When I go to the board view by default there are all labels shown in search filter as shown below And each time I need to re…

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## [Export from Issue Board](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/export-from-issue-board/66258)

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**Author:** [@dskc\_IRM](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/dskc_IRM)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/export-from-issue-board/66258 "2022-03-04T09:42:46Z")

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Export from Boards \*How to export the Issue Board collection? I know that there is a possibility to create a filter, but, not able to download these issues to any format. A simple, CSV format would be meaningful

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## [Cannot scroll in issue board’s lists on iPad](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/cannot-scroll-in-issue-board-s-lists-on-ipad/65326)

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**Author:** [@kollhof](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/kollhof)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/cannot-scroll-in-issue-board-s-lists-on-ipad/65326 "2022-02-11T08:39:28Z")

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I have created a board in a personal project, added enough tickets to a list so that scrolling will be required to get to the bottom of a list. Instead of scrolling the list, the issue touched will be dragged. I have tr…

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## [Analysing metrics in boards](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/analysing-metrics-in-boards/62094)

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**Author:** [@mlowcock12](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/mlowcock12)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/analysing-metrics-in-boards/62094 "2021-11-29T12:18:14Z")

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Hi all, I want to be able to assess the delivery of my team. I would like to calculate throughput, WIP and cycle time of the kanban boards in Git. However, I can’t seem to work out how to pull out the dates that tickets…

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## [Configuration - Team visibility with assignee lists](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/configuration-team-visibility-with-assignee-lists/52868)

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**Author:** [@harishankar\_ultiweb](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/harishankar_ultiweb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/configuration-team-visibility-with-assignee-lists/52868 "2021-05-11T04:43:03Z")

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Board Creation “Team visibility with assignee lists” I had been reading this post from 4 ways to use GitLab Issue Boards | GitLab. Except the #1 point, i was not able to create anything on my Gitlab (Free) account. I’m s…

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## [A new issue created from board has limited functionalities](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/a-new-issue-created-from-board-has-limited-functionalities/51407)

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**Author:** [@wladimir.j.alonso](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/wladimir.j.alonso)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/a-new-issue-created-from-board-has-limited-functionalities/51407 "2021-04-08T08:47:10Z")

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If we create a new issue from the board, we can only add the title: But even when you open the form of that issue, it is limited in what you can do: So, as you can see above, it does not contain all the useful fea…

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## [Milestone issue board does not display all issues when split by epic](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/milestone-issue-board-does-not-display-all-issues-when-split-by-epic/51249)

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**Author:** [@nat-irwin](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/nat-irwin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/milestone-issue-board-does-not-display-all-issues-when-split-by-epic/51249 "2021-04-04T22:54:24Z")

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I’ve noticed an odd possible bug when using my gitlab issue boards. When I look at my milestone board without grouping the issues, all are visible. However, when I group by Epic, there are 7 open issues missing from the …

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## [How to configure Board to be limited just for Iteration instead of Milestone?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-configure-board-to-be-limited-just-for-iteration-instead-of-milestone/49096)

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**Author:** [@bdolewski](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/bdolewski)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-configure-board-to-be-limited-just-for-iteration-instead-of-milestone/49096 "2021-02-17T08:28:35Z")

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Is there are way to configure Boards to narrow the scope for current “Iteration”? My dream-workflow in GitLab is that: I have created Iteration that’s will be my Sprint 7 I have created Milestone for incoming scheduled…

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## [Share issue boards across different projects at group level\[Entreprise version\]](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/share-issue-boards-across-different-projects-at-group-level-entreprise-version/38088)

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**Author:** [@RaphaelSilv](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/RaphaelSilv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/share-issue-boards-across-different-projects-at-group-level-entreprise-version/38088 "2020-05-26T20:25:43Z")

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Hi folks, I’ve been searching for quite some time about how to share issue boards among projects under the same group level or add issue boards from existing projects to the group issue board. Apparently it is not poss…

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## [Gitlab Free: Issues landing on every issue board](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-free-issues-landing-on-every-issue-board/36251)

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**Author:** [@aw7p](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/aw7p)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-free-issues-landing-on-every-issue-board/36251 "2020-04-21T12:35:00Z")

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Hi everybody. I am very new to Gitlab and I am trying out the free gitlab.com version to see if it matches my criteria. I created a group. Inside I created a project and some issues. Then I created two issue boards. Her…

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## [How to shorten or alias project names on issue boards](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-shorten-or-alias-project-names-on-issue-boards/32987)

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**Author:** [@jasonaizkalns](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/jasonaizkalns)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-shorten-or-alias-project-names-on-issue-boards/32987 "2019-12-30T15:15:05Z")

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Is is possible to shorten or alias the project name on an issue board? For example, instead of displaying certainteed/data-analytics/data-science/oxford-raw-material-variance, is possible to display something more succi…

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## [Lists dissappears on my board](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/lists-dissappears-on-my-board/30145)

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**Author:** [@yasicmd](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/yasicmd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/lists-dissappears-on-my-board/30145 "2019-09-20T05:48:42Z")

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I am having an issue with boards. Lists on my boards are missing. When I create a new board, lists seem to be missing. And when I add the same lists it keeps loading. And when I check the Inspect it shows the board alrea…

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## [How can track the TODOs I assigned to someone else](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-can-track-the-todos-i-assigned-to-someone-else/25639)

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**Author:** [@thestalker](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/thestalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-can-track-the-todos-i-assigned-to-someone-else/25639 "2019-05-16T10:38:12Z")

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Hi, Say there is an issue and I left a comment including a @PersonName with a request to do something. This PersonName will receive a notification in his/her TODO list. Is there a way of tracking this TODO I assigned …

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## [How do several developers collaborate effectively on a single issue in the GitLab board?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-do-several-developers-collaborate-effectively-on-a-single-issue-in-the-gitlab-board/24154)

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**Author:** [@hengun348](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/hengun348)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-do-several-developers-collaborate-effectively-on-a-single-issue-in-the-gitlab-board/24154 "2019-02-27T22:02:05Z")

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Hi We use the free version of a self hosted GitLab at my work. We recently started using JIRA for our agile board and issue management since we had difficulties collaborating in the GitLab board. We did try the ultimate…

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## [Send to top and other functions in Gitlab Boards](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/send-to-top-and-other-functions-in-gitlab-boards/21324)

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**Author:** [@henricook](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/henricook)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/send-to-top-and-other-functions-in-gitlab-boards/21324 "2018-11-28T10:58:21Z")

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Hi all, I’m actually running a paid self-hosted copy of Gitlab at the moment, but this didn’t seem like support ticket material. For me one of the really noticeable weaknesses of Gitlab boards is the inability to right…

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## [How can I restore To Do / Doing board labels?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-can-i-restore-to-do-doing-board-labels/20828)

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**Author:** [@d3vid](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/d3vid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-can-i-restore-to-do-doing-board-labels/20828 "2018-11-23T17:12:21Z")

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I am running a GitLab EE instance with no extras, so it’s effectively GitLab CE. When I created my group board I was given the option to use the default To Do / Doing labels, or make my own. I opted to make my own. As fa…

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## [Gitlab board, ability to preview card content](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-board-ability-to-preview-card-content/20972)

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**Author:** [@dominijk](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/dominijk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-board-ability-to-preview-card-content/20972 "2018-11-15T12:02:51Z")

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Hello, I’m moving to Gitlab from Github on Github you have projects which seem to work like boards on Gitlab. On Gitlab boards when i create a note the board only shows the description, but i’d like also to see the conte…

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## [How do I make custom labels visible in a GitLab CE group board?](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-do-i-make-custom-labels-visible-in-a-gitlab-ce-group-board/20770)

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**Author:** [@d3vid](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/d3vid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-do-i-make-custom-labels-visible-in-a-gitlab-ce-group-board/20770 "2018-11-12T11:14:32Z")

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I am running a GitLab CE instance. I have: created a group, with projects in that group defined group-level labels marked a project issue with one of those labels When I first visited the group board I was presented w…

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## [Set up a default Board](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/set-up-a-default-board/18939)

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**Author:** [@j.junker](https://forum.gitlab.com/u/j.junker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.gitlab.com/t/set-up-a-default-board/18939 "2018-10-10T11:46:18Z")

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Hi Gitlab Community, we are creating a Board with issues for every new Project. And for every project there are “standard” issues which every project conatins. So we have to write them manually over and over again. Is …