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title: Add custom status columns to your Arrow Kanban Board
description: "You can customize the statuses that are visible on the Kanban board by update the Status picklist on the project task and updating the metadata for the Arrow Kanban board. #### ADDING CUSTOM STATUS-- USES AND A CUSTOM COLUMN Out…"
url: "https://arrowpsa.com/docs/add-custom-status-columns-to-your-arrow-kanban-board/"
updated: "2023-10-18"
category: Configuring Arrow PSA / Management of Project Tasks and Work
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# Add custom status columns to your Arrow Kanban Board

You can customize the statuses that are visible on the Kanban board by update the Status picklist on the project task and updating the metadata for the Arrow Kanban board.

#### ADDING CUSTOM STATUS-- USES AND A CUSTOM COLUMN

Out of the box the Arrow Kanban Board comes with 3 standard statuses: Pending, In Progress and Complete. To support your organization's task management process you have the ability to add additional statuses to any Kanban board that is added to the system.

**LIMITATION**
At this time it is only possible to add new values to the Arrow Kanban Board. It is not possible to remove any of the 3 standard statuses.

1. From the Setup menu navigate to **Object Manager > Project Task**.
2. On the Project Task detail page navigate to **Fields & Relationships** and add the new picklist value(s) that will be added to the Kanban board.
3. From the Setup menu navigate to **Custom Code > Custom Metadata Types**.
4. Next to the Status Automations meta data type click **Manage Records**.
5. In the Status Automation custom metadata type click **New** and complete the following steps for each status that was added.
   - Enter the **Label** for the Status.
   - If the Status represents a specific percentage complete related to the project planner enter that in **Percent Complete**.
   - Enter a hex value for the **Color** that the column should be.
   - Enter the API value of the Status field that corresponds to the Project Task as the **Key**.
   - Enter the value that will be displayed to users on the Kanban board as the **Display Label**.
   - The system sorts the columns on the Arrow Kanban Board in ascending numerical order. Enter a **Sort Order** value that will properly order the columns for your Arrow Kanban Board.
   - If an icon should be displayed on the column enter the Utility Icon Name as the **Icon**.

     ![](https://arrowpsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image-67.png)
6. Click **Save** to complete adding the status, or click **Save & New** to add another status value.

**TIP**
If the Status Column on the planner has been customized ensure that the status values that will be displayed on the Arrow Kanban Board match the statuses that were updated on the planner. However, if the status on the planner has not been customized it will use the standard values from the Project Task status field and no updates will be necessary.

**Next**
[Add or remove the checklist from the project task page](https://arrowpsa.com/docs/add-remove-the-checklist-from-the-project-task-page/)

**See Also**
[Add custom fields for projects and supporting objects](https://arrowpsa.com/docs/add-edit-fields-in-arrow-psa/)
[Project task fields](https://arrowpsa.com/docs/project-task-fields/)

**Supporting Salesforce Docs**
[Create custom fields](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=adding_fields.htm&type=5)
[Edit Picklists for Record Type and Business Processes](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=editing_picklists_for_record_types_and_business_processes.htm&type=5)