Working with slices (project phases or stages)

This help page is for both the project and recipe pie slice features.

Create, edit, delete, or reorder pie slices (phases or stages).

A "pie slice" is like a project phase. Use this feature when your project has a lot of tasks you and find it better to break them down into phases of the project. You will slice up the pie like you would slice up a pizza or apple pie. Each slice then will contain their own tasks for better grouping.

The maximum number of slices allowed is 15. This is to ensure the pie is readable. If you need more, one option is using a single slice pie with multiple process boxes for your stages. Another option is turning your stages into separate projects and group them into a stack.

How-to video

The above video gives the best detailed examples of what are listed below.

Create slices on a pie

1. Click the create slice button on a pie with no slices.
2. Choose from an existing slice set you find helpful and then click Add to Project,
3. or if your want to create new labels, click Create New Slices button to create a new slice set.
4. For creating your own slices, enter in the slice labels in the list and click Add to Project.

Rename a slice label

1. Click the pencil icon to the right of the pie to open the slice editor page.
2. Type over the name of an existing label
3. Click Add to Project

NOTE: There are buttons when you edit an existing slice set asking if you want to update only this project, update this project and the slice set too, or update this project and create a new slice set in the library. See the section below called "Options when you make changes" to learn more.

Delete or remove a slice

1. You will first need to make sure the slice is empty. Delete any tasks, process boxes, or board columns.
2. Click the pencil icon to the right of the pie to open the slice editor page.
3. Delete the slice label, completely deleting the line.
4. Click Update Project.

Add new slice in-between existing slices

1. Click the pencil icon to the right of the pie to open the slice editor page.
2. To add in-between, place your cursor at the end of the previous label and hit your enter or return key to add a new line.
3. To add at the top of the list, place your cursor at the start of the first line label text and hit enter or return key.
4. Type in your new slice label and click Update Project.

How to edit and existing slice set in the stored slice set list

Let's say you want to update a slice set in your stored list of slice sets.

1. You first need to go to the slice creator page. The best way to get here is to create a new project and then click Add Slices.
2. When in this state, select an existing slice set and then click the pencil edit icon to its right to edit or click the trash can icon to delete. 

Options when you make changes

When you make any edit changes, you will see three radio buttons. When you create a new set of slice labels, you most likely stored them for future use. Then when you make updates, you will see three options:

• Update stored label set. This option will update your existing slice set labels. Use this when you believe a future project will want to leverage this set of labels instead of the old set.
• Store as new label set. This option will not affect the previous label, but instead will create a new set. Use this when your future projects may need either the old set or this new updated version.
• Only for this project. This will not affect any stored label sets, not make a new one for future projects. Use this if your edit is only for this project. This is the default setting.