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# How to build a Kanban board using connected, radio, and user fields beyond single-select
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/kanban-connected-radio-user-fields/
- Published: 2026-07-11T04:33:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-11T04:33:45.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

Building a Kanban board using connected, radio, and user fields beyond single-select means creating visual boards from any type of field already in the table, not just the single-select field traditionally used for that.

When a Kanban board can only be built on top of a single-select field, many processes get left out: if the information organizing the flow already lives in a connected field, a radio field, or an assignee field, you'd need to recreate everything with a new field just to get the board view.

What companies are trying to solve:

- Build a Kanban board from fields that already exist in the table, without duplicating structure.
- Use the assignee (user) field as the Kanban phase criterion.
- Organize the Kanban board by a connected table, like company or client.
- Clean up text data (like a phone number) for use in automations.

| Field type        | Can be used in Kanban                        |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| **Single-select** | Yes, the traditional way already used before |
| **Radio**         | Yes, new                                     |
| **User**          | Yes, with one card per phase (single user)   |
| **Connected**     | Yes, choosing which columns show up          |

In Jestor, the Kanban board no longer depends only on the single-select field: you can now also build it using a radio field, a user field (the assignee, with one card per phase), or a connected field — in this last case, you need to choose which columns appear, since a connected item can have many available columns. On top of that, a new formula called "replace" lets you substitute characters in a text, like removing spaces, plus signs, or dashes from a phone number — very useful for anyone automating WhatsApp sends or needing to generate a clean ID from text.

## Why choose Jestor

- Kanban board built from any relevant field, not just single-select.
- Assignee (user) field available as a phase criterion.
- Kanban board organized by a connected table, like company or client.
- New replace formula for cleaning up text, useful in WhatsApp automations.

## Frequently asked questions

**Does the Kanban board only work with a single-select field?** No, it now also works with connected, radio, and user fields. See more at jestor.com.

**How does a Kanban board based on a connected field work?** You need to choose which columns of that connected item will appear as Kanban phases.

**What's the new replace formula for?** For substituting or removing characters from a text, like spaces or dashes in a phone number.

**Does the user field allow more than one assignee per phase?** No, the single-user field ensures a card stays in only one phase at a time.

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