Automations can work on mirror columns connected to Connect Boards Column with multiple connected boards

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The Request: To allow connected items in multiple separate but identically formatted boards to mirror group moves, by allowing automations to work on connect board and mirror columns connected to multiple boards.

The Context: I am trying to implement an automated phasing solution for my project portfolio which consists of 1 high level board (Overall Project Portfolio) that contains the conglomerate of all items from 10 lower level boards (Departmental Project Portfolios).

All 11 boards have identical groups within them to denote progression of a project: Stage 0, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3 & Stage 4.

What I am trying to do is mirror group moves across boards - so if an item is moved from the Stage 0 group to the Stage 1 group in one of the low level Departmental Project Portfolio boards, then the item it is connected to via a Connect Board column in the high level Overall Project Portfolio board will also move from the Stage 0 group to the Stage 1 group in that high level board.

If Automations could work on mirror columns connected to a Connect Boards Column with multiple connected boards, then this would be possible by the following set of automations:

In lower level boards: When an item is moved to Stage 0/1/2/3/4 set Group? to Stage 0/1/2/3/4

In high level board: When Group? (Mirrored) changes to Stage 0/1/2/3/4, change Group? to Stage 0/1/2/3/4

In high level board: When Group? changes to Stage 0/1/2/3/4 move item to Stage 0/1/2/3/4

This would allow users to build out complex project portfolios for management without the need to manually track and update item group moves across boards:

What I'm trying to do

As it is now I’ve been informed I would need separate Connect Boards columns for every column I need to mirror between items leading to over a hundred columns per item. This means the high level Overall Project Portfolio is indecipherable and unfit for purpose due to how overly cluttered it is. This is a pretty crucial feature for our organization’s use of Monday, and I imagine a lot of other orgs use too if they’re trying to use Monday for Project and Portfolio Management.

Please vote if you agree and would like this implemented!

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Hello,
I don’t know if this is still relevant, but couldn’t you do this with workflows/automations?
You can set a multi-connect board column (by selecting as many boards as you want) in the Overall Project board. If needed, you can also set the connect board column to only allow ONE item connection. Then, in the Overall Project board, create a MATCH automation so that when mirror status changes to X, status in Overall Project changes to X. Also create an automation in the Overall Project board to automatically move group with status changes to x.

To make this more fun, depending on your process, you can set it so that by item creation or column change or something else in Lower Project Board, automatically create and connect item in Overall Project board. This way, you don’t have to worry about connecting to the correct item in each board.

I hope this helps.