Hi,
I have multiple boards that need the same columns with complex formulae’s.
When we moved to Enterprise, I though the templated boards would be a great solution, allowing me to add about 16 columns with formulae, that I could then publish and the columns would appear on all 9 boards.
Sadly it doesn’t work that way and while it adds the columns it doesn’t copy the formulae over.
I added the formulae into the column description, so I always had it to hand, but I now need to manually copy and paste 16 formulae 9 times, and hope they never change in the future!
Are there any plans to allow templates to publish formulae?
Thanks
I’ve since found another couple of items that don’t work with templated boards -
If you set the columns to restricted this does not carry over.
And also if you set other views as a filter on your board it creates the views names but doesn’t apply the filter.
These seem to apply to new and instance updates 
Hello Kirsty,
Have you tried to use the “Managed template” feature?
With this function, you can edit the template and the changes will be automatically applied to boards created from it.
Another option is, create the board with the formulas, settings, views, and any other properties you need and instead of creating a template out of it, duplicate that board each team you need a new version of it.
Hi @KirstyM 
You’re absolutely right — at the moment, when using board templates in monday.com, column structure (like names and types) is copied, but formulas unfortunately don’t carry over when publishing or syncing templates across multiple boards. 
That said, many teams (like yours) are working around this by saving formula logic in column descriptions or documentation — but we agree, it’s not ideal when managing complex formulas across multiple boards. 
Solution:
Instead of publishing columns from a template, try converting your fully set-up source board (with all formulas in place) into a template board. Once it’s a template, you can create new boards from that template, and all columns including formulas will carry over correctly. 
This method works much better than just syncing columns — especially when you’re managing 16+ formula fields across several boards.
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Hi Shiro,
This is on Templated boards sadly
Hi,
In this instance the boards were already set up as we were on Pro and moved to Enterprise. I was hoping to use templates to update all the boards at once, but as the managed templates are limited I’m still having to manage each board individually a lot of the time.
I’ve also noticed that when you publish some columns loose their data or statuses change so I’m actually cautious about publishing now!