Board Sources

A board source defines which project’s cards appear on a board and which card types from that project are included.

Adding a source

In Board Settings, add one or more source projects. For each source, select:

• Project — the Vanillaround project to pull cards from
• Card types — which card types from that project to include on this board

Only cards of the selected types from the selected project will appear on the board.

Multiple sources

A single board can have multiple sources. This allows you to track cards from several projects on one board — for example, a cross-project delivery board that shows all active Requirement cards across three client projects simultaneously.

Removing a source

Removing a source from a board hides its cards from the board view. The cards themselves are unchanged — they still exist in their spec pages and retain all their approval state and metadata.

When sources are useful

Single-project boards — the most common setup. One board, one source, all card types (or a filtered subset). Good for a team working on one project at a time.

Multi-project boards — useful for managers overseeing several workstreams. One board aggregates the status of all active work across projects.

Filtered boards — add the same project as a source but select only one card type. Useful for a “Requirement approvals” board that only shows cards going through the formal sign-off process, separate from Basic or Simple cards.