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Wekan is an open-source kanban board (Trello like) which allows a card-based task and to-do management.

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How do you deal with 'done' card?

How do you deal with 'done' card?

Wekan / General · August 12, 2020 at 4:25pm

I'm wondering how you deal with done items, I see a few possibilities:

  • Move to a done swimlane (can lead to a super long done column list)
  • Move to an archived done swimlane (extra clicks to get there)
  • Archive the card (extra clicks)
  • Delete the card (not desirable, loss of information)

I am doing number 1 right now.

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August 14, 2020 at 12:45pm

At Wekan code there is already examples how to duplicate board, export board, copy card, etc. So basically some new ways to copy/move/export/import can be added by anyone that has urgent need for those features.

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    Thanks @xet7 , I'm curious what do you do? Do you do number 1 as I have described and then when the project is complete you export the board?

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      August 14, 2020 at 2:06pm

      If some board is full, I rename it for example to "Work 2020-07" and then start new board.

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        I do not export boards, because currently export to JSON does not export all data of board. I backup Wekan with mongodump

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          I use Wekan Snap version that automatically upgrades to newest Wekan version

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            with database migrations to new schema etc automatically

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              I also use Wekan Sandstorm version, there I backup grain by downloading to .zip file, or backup whole sandstorm to .tar file, as described in Sandstorm Backup page

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                And if I mess up something, I restore from backup

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                  with mongorestore

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                    Currently I'm fixing CSV export, and bug where only 20 newest comments are visible on card

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                      I will also later add more import/export fixes, and ability to import/export from other apps

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                        Locally I run wekan at desktop i5 computer that has SSD disk and 28 GB RAM

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                          and remote server has NVME disk bare metal install with Wekan Snap and a lot of RAM

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                            November 20, 2020 at 6:28pm

                            Hi Phil.

                            I´am do the "move to a 'done' swimlane". I also tryed out the "Archive the card". But with the possible options which will keep the Information (no card delete), i´m faced with the fact that the Card will ongoing show up on my calendar´s list. Do you have a solution for this? There is no need for a 'done' card to show up in my calendar list.

                            Thanks and Greetings

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                              @thebigbloodyb If you move those done cards to another board, they don't show in current board's calendar. You can look at Board Settings / Rules, is it possible to automate it.

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                                November 22, 2020 at 7:14pm

                                @thebigbloodyb If you move those done cards to another board, they don't show in current board's calendar. You can look at Board Settings / Rules, is it possible to automate it.

                                  Hey @xet7 . Thats a simple but good idea. i will give this a try. Thank you!

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                                    November 27, 2020 at 7:50pm

                                    @xet7 I think this will do it for me. Unfortunately the Rules are not editabel, is that true or did i miss this option? Thanks for your help!

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                                      November 28, 2020 at 8:55pm

                                      November 29, 2020 at 7:10am

                                      Thanks for the Information and your caring

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