Summarize your key metrics with the Group by widget
With the Group by widget for monday you can summarize your key metrics easily in a calculation row.
- Group metrics by categorical columns like status of your tasks.
- Add an extra column to display the summed up amount of items.
- Create a pagination by changing the number of result rows per page.
Save time and group your key metrics with the Group by widget!
The Group by widget saves your configured settings permanently. Your configuration persists even if you change items or groupings on the board. You can change the settings of your widget at any time.
This widget type can't get viewed or configured by users of the type viewer. You can read more about user types in the official documentation by monday.com.
Configuration
You can access the configuration settings of the Group by widget by clicking on the blue arrow at the right side of the widget.
Add or change the widget title of the Group by widget by clicking on the title at the top.
Select the checkbox to show an additional column in the widget with the number of items per category and the total number of items.
Select which columns you want to include in the Group by widget under Which columns do you want to display. The widget shows the summed values for each category and a total sum in an extra calculation row at the bottom.
You can only include columns of the data types Numbers or Votes from the board associated with your widget. To add new columns to a board or change the data type of existing columns, head over to the board and create new columns as required.
Select the categories you want to group the items by under How to group the items. The categories are shown in the first column of the Group by widget.
You can only group by values from categorical columns like Status, Date or Person. To add new columns to a board or change the data type of existing columns, head over to the board and create new columns as required.
Select the number of result rows per page under How many rows do you want to display per page. If you select a smaller number, the table is split up across multiple pages.
You can see which page you're currently on in the pagination under the table. By clicking on the page numbers you can switch between the pages.
Select the interval for the data in the Group by widget to be automatically refreshed under How many minutes between widget updates. If you make any changes on the associated board, the data in the widget changes after the specified amount of time as well.
