I have used Connect boards in the past and there was a “create a two-way connection” check box so that when I linked an item from either board the link showed up in both. This check box is now missing from the Connect Board column settings and the experience is now terrible: for every link I need to go into both boards, which is both time-consuming and error-prone!
Is there a new automation that handles the bi-directional linking? If so, is there a guideline on how to use it?
If I remember correctly the two way mirroring checkbox is only available when you created the column initially. You can’t modify an existing connect_boards column to set two way mirroring…
Hi @DaveM & @basdebruin,
I noticed this problem too with the “Connect More Boards” feature. I am confident I have created two-way connections from a column on Board A to Boards B, C, and D as needed. However, I went in today to create a two-way connection with Board E and the checkbox for making it a two-way connection is grayed out. It lets me create a one-way connection to Board E but that’s kinda useless for our purposes.
Thanks for the reply @basdebruin, but my experience doesn’t match what you described. During the initial column set-up, I set up a two-way connection. In later months, I used the “Connect More Boards” feature to create additional two-way connections between that same column and newly created boards. But today when I added another connection between that same column and a new board, via “Connect More Boards,” it only created a one-way connection, with the two-way checkbox grayed out.
Hello and thanks for the replies. I swear that I didn’t see the checkbox last week when I was creating the connection but it is back now. Perhaps it was just a bug that’s been fixed?
This is false. Previously we could choose whether or not a two-way connection was added for each newly connected board. They have now grayed out this option, and it defaults to what was selected when the first board was created.
I have reached out to support to find out if there is a work-around for this. Otherwise, we will have to delete all connect boards columns and start from scratch.
Ciao!
I did a mistake in creating a mirror column which I forgot to check the bi-directional option.
Now the board has a HUGE ammount of data and I’m not really confortable to delete and restart such kind of link.
Did you found any workaround to make the existing column bi-directional?
@MondayManiac did you find a solution for this? I made the same mistake when creating what now is a massive board. Creating a new connected column and linking all the data will take dates, just because I originally forgot to select a field. There MUST be a way to rectify such an easy mistake taht brings huge consecuences? Or this is yet another huge limitation of the platform?
Hi @basdebruin is this still the case? The two way mirroring set up can not be changed once a column is created?
Are you really telling me that a simple tiny and easy error can have such a huge consecuences?
That is indeed still the case, you can select two-way mirroring during initial setup of the connected boards. And I don’t see a reason for your tone of voice to fellow monday users that just try to help here.
Thanks for letting me know, at the end I have to re-do the column and it didn’t take as lomg as I thought. BTW I was directing my frustration towards the platform, not fellow users.
Cheers
