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Options For ConnectWise Ticket Boards

Reference for the card fields, metrics, swimlanes and other options specific to ConnectWise ticket boards.

Legacy interface

This is a reference for the options unique to this type of board. For a description of options common to all types of boards, see Fields for Kanban Boards.

General

Card fields

  • Child tickets: controls if childed tickets are displayed on the board
  • Ticket age: controls if the elapsed time since the ticket was created in ConnectWise is shown on cards
  • Ticket type/subtype/item
  • Project name and phase
  • Predecessor: controls if ticket predecessors (for dependencies) are shown on cards. Hovering over a ticket's predecessor will highlight the related ticket if it is visible on the board.
  • Assignment details: Show detailed schedule entry information on the card if available, rather than on a tooltip.

Metrics

  • Ticket age
  • Hours sum: shows sum of both budget and actual logged hours
  • Hours average: shows average of both budget and actually logged hours

Swimlanes

The available fields for swimlanes are:

  • Project
  • Project Manager
  • Resource - this will show a ticket in multiple swimlanes if a ticket has multiple resources
  • Priority
  • Location
  • Team
  • Owner
  • Company
  • ConnectWise Board
  • Type
  • Phase
  • Custom fields of type text

Ranking

When using automatic ranking, you can choose to rank by these fields:

  • Priority
  • Due Date
  • Earliest Assignment Date
  • Actual Hours
  • Budget Hours
  • Next SLA Due
  • Customer Responded
  • Last Note Date
  • Last Time Entry Date
  • Age
  • Time in Status
  • WBS Code
  • Estimated start date

Filters

The fields you can filter by are:

  • Ticket types: select to display one or all of service tickets, project tickets, or project issues. If you want to display all types, you can leave the options all unchecked.
  • ConnectWise boards: the ConnectWise boards of the tickets
  • Resources: the assigned members of the tickets
  • Show unassigned tickets: control if tickets with no assigned resources will appear on the board when the resource filter is used. If you want to show tickets from a select set of technicians, and also show unassigned tickets, then select this option.
  • Companies
  • Projects
  • Project Statuses
  • Project managers
  • Project team members
  • Teams
  • Locations
  • Priorities
  • Owners
  • Territories
  • Types
  • SLA due
  • Due date

Columns

In addition to options common to all board types, these options are available:

  • Time entries & entry warning: Shows how long ago was the last time entry, marking it in red if the time exceeds the warning threshold.
  • Last note & note warning: Shows how long ago was the last note (non-time entry), marking it in red if the time exceeds the warning threshold.
  • SLA time & warning: Shows how long until the current SLA stage is due, marking it in orange if the time is less than the warning threshold.
  • Due date: controls if the ticket due date is shown on cards
  • Due warning: marks the due date in orange if it's within the time of the warning threshold
  • Hours: controls if actual and budget hours information is displayed on cards
  • Budget warning: For cards with both actual hours and budget hours, and exceeding the threshold (but less than 100% used), warning message is shown.
  • Start timer on drag: when a ticket is dragged into this column, start the timer
  • Open time entry on drag: when a ticket is dragged into this column, open the time entry dialog
  • Style profile: the style profile to use for appearance customization.

Updated September 23, 2026