<h2>Visual Task Board checklists</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Visual Task Board checklists" /><meta name="abstract" content="Checklists help you track the progress of tasks on your Visual Task Board." /><meta name="description" content="Checklists help you track the progress of tasks on your Visual Task Board." /><meta name="DC.subject" content="visual task boards, checklists, using with visual task boards" /><meta name="keywords" content="visual task boards, checklists, using with visual task boards" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/visual-task-boards/concept/working-in-vtb.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/navigation-and-ui/concept/c_NavigationAndTheUserInterface.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/personalize-your-experience.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/t_CreateANewChecklistForACard.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/create-checklist-template.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/t_DeleteAChecklistFromACard.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/t_TasksChecklistItems.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="c_VisualTaskBoardChecklists" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Visual Task Board checklists</title></head><body id="c_VisualTaskBoardChecklists"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../administer/navigation-and-ui/concept/c_NavigationAndTheUserInterface.html" title="Interact with Now Platform applications and data in the way that works best for you.">Configure user experiences</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/personalize-your-experience.html" title="Work with various visual options for task tracking, project timelines, and homepage customizations.">Personalize your experience</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Visual Task Board checklists</h1> <div class="body conbody"><p class="shortdesc">Checklists help you track the progress of tasks on your Visual Task Board.</p> <p class="p">Checklists are available as a tab in the card details.</p> <div class="p"><div class="fig fignone" id="c_VisualTaskBoardChecklists__fig_qfv_fg1_1t"><span class="figcap"><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 1. </span>Sample checklist</span> <img class="image" id="c_VisualTaskBoardChecklists__image_kyk_bh1_1t" src="../image/CardDetailsChecklist.png" alt="Sample checklist for an incident task card" /> </div> </div> <p class="p">You can add, remove, or rearrange checklist items. You can also save a checklist as a template for future use on other cards. Any user can create or edit a checklist. When the compact card view is disabled, the task card displays a progress bar to show how many items are complete.</p> <div class="p"><div class="fig fignone" id="c_VisualTaskBoardChecklists__fig_wfr_mj1_1t"><span class="figcap"><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 2. </span>Task card with checklist progress bar</span> <img class="image" id="c_VisualTaskBoardChecklists__image_mxn_4j1_1t" src="../image/TaskCardChecklistProgress.png" alt="The task card displays a checklist progress bar" /> </div> </div> <p class="p">You can also use checklists with task records in the standard interface. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="../../using-forms/concept/c_Checklists.html" title="Checklists provide a simple way to track the progress of tasks without creating additional records. Checklists can be added to the form view of any table that extends Task [task].">Checklists</a>.</p> </div> <div class="related-links"> <ul class="ullinks"><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/t_CreateANewChecklistForACard.html">Create a checklist for a Visual Task Board card</a></strong><br /> You can create a unique checklist for each Visual Task Board card or create a task from a checklist item.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/create-checklist-template.html">Create a checklist template for Visual Task Board tasks</a></strong><br /> A template saves time by creating checklist items automatically. You can add, edit, or remove checklist items without impacting the template.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/t_DeleteAChecklistFromACard.html">Delete a checklist from a Visual Task Board card</a></strong><br /> You can remove a checklist from a Visual Task Board card.</li><li class="link ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../../use/visual-task-boards/task/t_TasksChecklistItems.html">Configure which types of tasks can be created from Visual Task Board checklist items</a></strong><br /> A system property controls which types of tasks you can create from a Visual Task Board checklist item.</li></ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../use/visual-task-boards/concept/working-in-vtb.html" title="Create, view, and edit freeform, flexible, and guided Visual Task Boards, and add users to these boards as members.">Using Visual Task Boards</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>