How To Add Percent Complete To Trello

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Adding a percent complete feature to Trello can be a great way to track progress on your projects. As someone who loves staying organized and keeping track of tasks, I find this feature to be extremely helpful in managing my workflow. In this article, I will guide you through the process of adding a percent complete feature to Trello, providing detailed steps along the way.

Step 1: Enable the Custom Fields Power-Up

To add a percent complete feature to Trello, we need to enable the Custom Fields Power-Up. This Power-Up allows us to create custom fields that can be added to our Trello cards.

  1. Open your Trello board and click on the “Show Menu” button in the top right corner.
  2. From the menu, select “Power-Ups”.
  3. In the Power-Ups menu, search for “Custom Fields” and click on the “Enable” button to enable the Custom Fields Power-Up.

Step 2: Create a Percent Complete Custom Field

Now that we have enabled the Custom Fields Power-Up, we can create a custom field for tracking the percent complete of our tasks.

  1. Open a card on your Trello board.
  2. Click on the “Custom Fields” button in the card’s sidebar.
  3. In the Custom Fields menu, click on the “Create a Custom Field” button.
  4. Enter a name for your custom field, such as “Percent Complete”.
  5. Choose the field type as “Number”.
  6. Optionally, you can set a default value for the custom field.
  7. Click on the “Save” button to create the percent complete custom field.

Step 3: Add Percent Complete to Cards

With the percent complete custom field created, we can now start adding it to our Trello cards to track progress.

  1. Open a card on your Trello board.
  2. In the card’s sidebar, click on the “Custom Fields” button.
  3. In the Custom Fields menu, you will see the “Percent Complete” field that we created.
  4. Enter the desired percentage of completion in the field.
  5. You can update the percentage as you make progress on the task.
  6. Click outside the field to save the percentage.

Conclusion

Adding a percent complete feature to Trello can greatly enhance your project management capabilities. By enabling the Custom Fields Power-Up and creating a percent complete custom field, you can easily track the progress of your tasks. With just a few clicks, you can update the percentage as you make progress, allowing you to stay organized and focused on completing your projects. Give it a try and see how it transforms your Trello experience!