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# How to configure Card Grouping
### Introduction
Card Groups is a new layer of visualization and management of cards.
One feature of these card groups is their customizable visual styles. This means that a stack of cards and an individual card can be visually distinct, making it easier to identify and differentiate.
Another feature is a set of aggregation functions for calculating several kinds of totals:
* Maximum
* Minimum
* Sum
* Average
These functions are instrumental in providing meaningful insights into your data, aiding in more informed decision-making and efficient project management within the Salesforce CRM platform.
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This feature is available since release 3.1.37
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To make card groups you just need to have a kanban with columns configured on some Data Source object.
### Basic Configuration
Let's use Opportunities in the following example. The Kanban will have 4 columns for several Opportunity stages.
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Distributing cards by columns - is the top layer of records representation and management in kanban. Card grouping offers a second layer.
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Here how a kanban can look like without grouping:
We can add grouping by some fields of Data Source object.
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Groupable field types:
* Checkbox (boolean)
* Phone (string)
* Picklist (string)
* Email (string)
* Text (string)
* Text Area (string)
* URL (string)
* Number (int). Does not include custom fields, only standard Number fields with SOAP type `int`, like `Account.NumberOfEmployees`.
* Lookup (id)
* Master Detail (id)
* Id (id)
* Date (date)
* Formulas of type Checkbox and Date, including cross-object formulas across standard and custom relationships.
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* Open Column Config popup and go to "Grouping Configuration" tab.
* Click 
button to select a Data Source field in "Group by" picker:
* A field picker will appear. Select a field (fields of up to 4 levels are available) and click "Apply" button:
* Save changes:
This is enough to add groups to the column. These groups will automatically receive a header that will correspond to the value of selected field, and will contain only cards that have this value set.
Here how a kanban can look like with card grouping in the last column:
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If some cards have no value in the field which cards are grouped by, these cards will not be included in any group.
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Card groups have the following features:
* They are collapsed by default and show only the first card. To expand a group click 
button at the group header.
* Card grouping does not cancel column sorting order - it will be matched inside groups too.
* If group contains many cards, not all of them can be displayed - in this case a "load more" button will be shown at the bottom of expanded group.
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Only one Card Group is allowed per column.
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### Other Features
Card Groups offer following abilities:
* Styling
* Show totals
* Use conditions to include cards in the group
#### Styling
Add CSS styles using proper Styles picker:
You can use merge fields in styles to make groups styled dynamically depending on different values.
#### Totals
* Click 
button to show proper subform for Totals entry.
* Type Label (text that will be displayed left to value).
* Select aggregation method in "Details" column. Currently available methods are:
* Sum (proper values from all cards belonging to the group will be added)
* Minimum (will show minimal value)
* Maximum (will show maximal value)
* Average (will calculate and show average value)
* Select a field which Total will be aggregated by
* Set CSS styles (e.g., color) for this Total, if necessary
You can add several Totals:
How can look card groups with styling and Totals:
#### Conditions
To make card grouped more efficiently, you can specify conditions. Only cards, whose records match conditions, will be grouped.
* Go to "Conditions" section of Grouping Configuration tab
* Click 
button to add condition
* Select Data Source Object field, operator and type
* Specify value to be matched
* Add more conditions, if necessary
* Set conditions Logic, if needed
In the example below Opportunity cards will be grouped by Account Name only for two specified accounts:
And how result will look like:
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