Create your first board
Pick a board type in the two-step creation wizard, customise it if you like, and add your first cards.
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Boards are where your team plans and ships work. Right after sign-up Laya drops you straight into board creation; at any other time, open your workspace's Boards page and choose + New board.
Step 1 — choose how your team works
Board creation is a two-step wizard — (1) Type · (2) Details. Step 1 asks "How does your team work?" and offers a starting point you can change later:
| Type | What the wizard says | Starting columns |
|---|---|---|
| Kanban | Continuous flow, no fixed iterations. | Backlog · In progress · Done · On hold |
| Scrum | Time-boxed sprints with backlog grooming. | To do · In progress · In review · Done |
| Master board | Combine connected boards into one Laya-native view. | Composed from the boards you pick |
| Connect | Mirror boards from another tool into Laya. | Mirrors the source board |
Choosing Master board takes you to the "Build one master board" composer instead (learn more); choosing Connect starts a short guided funnel — Why · Source · Connect · Done — covered in Connect your first tool. For your very first board, Kanban or Scrum is usually the right start.
Step 2 — details
Step 2 collects the essentials — the wizard reassures you that "This is all we need. Customise below only if you want to." Your board gets an icon from a built-in icon set on one of eight accent swatches, or you can upload your own.
An optional Customise (Board Studio) section adds four tabs — Theme, Cards, Effects, Columns — with a live preview, so you can restyle the board before it exists. Everything here can also be changed later from Board Studio.
Create the board and Laya launches it with a small celebration animation, landing you on the empty board.
Add your first cards
- Choose + New issue (or press c)The + New issue button on the board — or the keyboard shortcut
c— opens the "New issue" dialog. - Fill in what you knowTitle and description (Markdown supported), plus optional priority, assignee, estimate, labels, epic, sprint and due date. A "More" overflow adds Start date. Only the title is essential.
- Work the boardDrag cards between columns as work progresses, and open any card for its full detail panel — description, attachments, subtasks, relations, notes and activity.
Your board also has four layouts — Board, Table, Calendar, Timeline — switchable from the tabs at the top. See Views, filters and grouping for filters, swimlanes and saved views.
Email support@laya.net — include what you expected, what happened, and a link to the affected board or item so we can help quickly.