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title: Set lane limits on a Visual Task Board
description: You can set a limit to the number of cards added to a lane on a Visual Task Board. If the limit is not set, any number of cards can be added to a lane by default.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/configure-wip-lane-limit.html
release: australia
product: Visual Task Boards
classification: visual-task-boards
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Customizing and configuring Visual Task Boards, Using Visual Task Boards, Visual Task Boards, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Set lane limits on a Visual Task Board

You can set a limit to the number of cards added to a lane on a Visual Task Board. If the limit is not set, any number of cards can be added to a lane by default.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Open a Visual Task Board.

2.  Click the More icon \( \[Omitted image "lanelimit.png"\] Alt text: More icon\) on the lane header.

3.  Select **Set Lane Limit**. **Set Lane Limit for <name of the lane>** window appears.

4.  Enter the number you want to set for the specific lane.

    Leave blank, if you want set no limit to the lane.

5.  Click **Save**.


## Result

The number appears on the lane header. \[Omitted image "lanelimitnotexceeded.png"\] Alt text: Number of cards does not exceed the lane limitIf the number of cards exceeds the set limit, the Red symbol appears on the lane header for all the board members.

\[Omitted image "lanelimitsetlimit.png"\] Alt text: Number of cards exceeds the lane limit

If a card is moved to a lane with exceeded WIP lane limit, an error message appears at the top of the page. The member who moves a card to the lane with exceeded limit can view the error message.

**Parent Topic:**[Customizing and configuring Visual Task Boards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/configuring-vis-task-boards.md)