Do you find your boards are filled with so much data and yet it's still hard to pull out some key takeaways? Looking for a visual representation of all your textual data collected through your forms and surveys? Look no further. With the Word Cloud, you can turn your textual data from your board into meaningful visualizations allowing you to gain in-depth analysis and convey crucial information when necessary.

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How does it work?

The word cloud helps turn databases of textual information into insights by depicting the key terms from your texts in a stunning visual representation. The bolder and bigger the terms, the more these terms appear on your board. With just a quick glance over your word cloud, you'll be able to gain some key takeways and insights! Screenshot 2024-06-21 at 19.21.07 1.png

Note: This app is both a board view and dashboard widget. To learn more about our dashboards, check this out.

How to add it to your board and dashboard

Board View

To add the word cloud view to your board, click on the plus sign icon next to the button "Main Table" located on the top lof your board. Click on "Apps" and then "Explore more apps", which will take you to the Views Center. Group 64 (20).png

In the Views Center, search for "Word Cloud" and add it to your board. Screenshot 2024-06-20 at 21.17.01 1.png

Dashboard Widget

To add the word cloud to your dashboard, click on the "Add widget" button on the top left side of your dashboard. Click on "More widgets" which will take you to the widgets center. Group 64 (22).png

In the Widgets Center, search for "Word Cloud" and add it to your dashboard. Screenshot 2024-06-21 at 19.28.07 1.png

Once done, your word cloud will pop up on your screen, which you can then start customizing to suit your needs.

How to customize it

With the help of these settings, you can ensure that not only does your word cloud allow you to better analyze your data and see trends, it also allows you to play around to create the beautiful visual representation you're looking for.

Select the columns you want to analyze

By default, your word cloud will pull data from your item names. You can customize this to highlight important textual data from any of your other columns on your board.

For the word cloud widget, you will need to select which column to analyze from each board you've connected. Group 64 (23).png

Choose the maximum number of words

With this setting, you can select exactly how many words you want your word cloud to include. Group 64 (24).png

Select the spacing

Whether you want the words to be packed tightly together or further apart, your word cloud can do it all. Group 64 (25).png

Select the size difference between words

Sometimes you might want certain words to stand out bolder while other times not as much. Here, you can select how big a difference you want between your words on the word cloud. Group 64 (26).png

Note: Bigger and bolder texts will always indicate the more frequently recurring text on that specific column.

Choose your font

You can decide between multiple different fonts on your word cloud to suit all your presentations! Group 64 (27).png

Flip your words just the right amount

You can determine to what degree you'd like to rotate the text on your word cloud to fit your exact design needs. Group 64 (28).png

0 degrees will ensure all words are aligned straight up, while 180 degrees will have them exactly flipped over. image 4 (7) 1.png

Select your rotation variety

Don't want all words to appear rotated to the same degree? This is the place to set it up.

1= no variety; 5 = maximum variety Group 64 (29).png

Add or remove connected boards

The word cloud widget allows you to connect multiple boards together to analyze textual data from across your account and pull out important takeaways.

You can select which boards to analyze, by using the following setting option: Group 64 (30).png

Tip: Hover over a word with your mouse to see how many times it appears on your selected column.

There you go! You have officially completed the setup for your word cloud. Now let's take a look at what else you can do with it.

How to filter your word cloud

You can filter your word cloud by using the board and widget filters. It is a great way to display the exact information you need. Let's say we're interested in seeing only the tasks that are not completed yet.

By selecting the relevant groups and status, the filter will narrow down all words that appear on my word cloud too. You can also choose "Switch to advanced filters" to find even more filtering options.

Board View

Dashboard Widget

How to change the display settings

On the board view, you can choose whether you want your view to be in full view or split view. By choosing the split view, you will be able to see your word cloud and the board itself on the same view as below: Group 64 (36).png

How to rename your word cloud

You can always rename your word cloud view by simply clicking on the name of the word cloud and typing in whatever name you'd like to change it to. download (5).gif

With the help of your word cloud, you can now turn your textual data gathered on your boards into beautiful, visual representations to gain deeper understandings of your data, track trends and highlight all crucial information!

If you have any questions, please reach out to our team right here. We’re available 24/7 and happy to help.