Bulk Subitem Automation with Bulk Item Edit

I have a Main Board with Informations where the Main Item is a Summary of all Subitems.
Now i need to Edit all my Subitems (or Specific ones) over multiple Main Items.

Is there a Solution for it or Apps which can do all of that?

I want to select all Subitems of all Mainitems at once.

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After i could select multi-Subitems i want to change the Status of those selected items

Hi @MichaelFinkPO :wave:

I can confirm we’re unable to select subitems from separate parent items at the same time:

I would recommend fully considering all possible depth you may want to derive from subitems before building a solution around them as they can be limited when it comes to things like importing or even general automations.

Sounds like you might benefit from separate boards for what is currently each line item, and connecting them back to an overview board for your details and drill down access.

Let me know if you want to connect for a chat and hash it out a bit together :slight_smile:

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Hey @MichaelFinkPO :waving_hand:

This is exactly what SubItems Pro was built for!

Our Edit feature lets you:

  1. Select multiple parent items on your board (multi-select)
  2. It loads all subitems across those selected items
  3. Bulk update the Status (and 16 other column types) on all of them in one click

So if you select 5 parent items that have 20 subitems total, you can change the status on all 20 subitems at once.

Supported column types for bulk editing: Status, Person, Date, Numbers, Checkbox, Text, Link, Email, Long Text, Rating,
Phone, Timeline, Country, Tags, World Clock, Week, and Hour.

You can also stack multiple updates — e.g., change Status to “Done” AND set Person to “John” in the same operation.

Happy to answer any questions!

Hi @MichaelFinkPO

Yes — this can be handled using Make Automation

While monday.com doesn’t natively allow selecting and editing subitems across multiple parent items in bulk, you can automate it externally.

A typical Make scenario would:

  • Retrieve all relevant parent items from the board

  • Fetch all subitems under those items

  • Filter only the specific subitems you want (if needed)

  • Update the desired columns for each subitem in bulk

You can run this on demand (manual trigger) or automatically based on conditions. This effectively lets you “select all subitems across the board” and edit them at once — something not currently possible inside monday itself.

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