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Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

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Board metrics

When you view a board in table or board view, you can use calculations to answer basic metric questions without needing to create complex reports. Hover over the bottom of a column to display the Calculate feature, then select the arrow to open the menu options.

You can use calculations to quickly see:

  • How many story points are planned for a release.
  • How many tasks have been assigned or not assigned.
  • How long has the oldest bug been sitting in the backlog.
  • The count of cards where particular properties are empty (useful to make sure important info isn’t missing).
  • The sum of estimated developer days for features (to make sure your team isn’t overloaded).
  • The range of estimated dates (to make sure your milestones all line up).

The calculation options are:

  • Count: Counts the total number of rows in table view or total number of cards in a column in Board view. Applies to any property type.

  • Count Empty: Applies to any property type.

    • Table View: Counts the total number of empty rows per column selected.
    • Board View: Counts the total number of empty values per property specified within the same column.

  • Count Not Empty: Applies to any property type.

    • Table View: Counts the total number of rows with non-empty cells per column selected.
    • Board View: Counts the total number of non-empty values per property specified within the same column.

  • Percent Empty: Applies to any property type.

    • Table View: Percentage of empty rows per column selected.
    • Board View: Percentage of empty values per property specified within the same column.

  • Percent Not Empty: Applies to any property type.

    • Table View: Percentage of rows with non-empty cells per column selected.
    • Board View: Percentage of non-empty values per property specified within the same column.

  • Count Value: Applies to any property type.

    • Table View: Counts the total number of values within the column (helpful for multi-select properties).
    • Board View: Counts the total number of values per property specified within the same column.

  • Count Unique Values: Applies to any property type.

    • Table View: Counts the total number of rows with unique values within the column, omitting any duplicates from the count.
    • Board View: Counts the total number of unique values per property specified within the same column, omitting any duplicates from the count.
  • Sum: The sum of any specified number property within the same column.
  • Average: The average of any specified number property within the same column.
  • Median: The median of any specified number property within the same column.
  • Min: The lowest number of any specified number property within the same column.
  • Max: The highest number of any specified number property within the same column.
  • Range: Displays the lowest and highest number. Requires a number property.
  • Earliest Date: Displays the oldest date. Requires any custom date property or the included “Created time” or “Last updated time”.
  • Latest Date: Displays the most recent date. Requires any custom date property or the included “Created time” or “Last updated time”.
  • Date Range: The difference between the most recent date and oldest date within the same column. In Table View, it’s labeled simply as “Range” for any date property/column. Requires any custom date property or the included “Created time” or “Last updated time”.