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title: Sort Visual Task Boards
description: You can sort Visual Task Boards using criteria that you create with a Sort-Filter option, grouping items by properties to help organize your cards.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/sort-visual-task-boards.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]
---

# Sort Visual Task Boards

You can sort Visual Task Boards using criteria that you create with a Sort-Filter option, grouping items by properties to help organize your cards.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

Only the owner of the board can create the sorting criteria, and add, edit, or delete the criteria. The criteria appear as "read-only" for other users.

**Note:** The procedure is slightly different for Data Driven and Freeform boards. The instructions below contain both options.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Visual Task Boards**.

2.  On the My Task Boards page, select **New**.

3.  For a **Data Driven** board, follow these steps.

    1.  From the Create New Board window, select **Data Driven Board**.

    2.  Fill out the fields with your choices and then select **Next**.

    3.  Select **Add sort**, choose the conditions you want from the fields and then select **Create**.

        \[Omitted image "datadrivenAddSort.png"\] Alt text: Select Add Sort to create sorting options.

    4.  In the Add Sort window, choose your sorting order and then select **Save**.

        Your criteria displays. You can edit your sort order here, or add new criteria. You can also edit your choices in the navigation pane on the right.

4.  For a **Freeform Board**, follow these steps.

    1.  From the Create New Board window select **Freeform Board**.

    2.  Create task cards for the board.

    3.  Select the info icon \(\[Omitted image "IconInfoTab.png"\] Alt text: Info icon\).

        The sorting criteria and filtering appear in the Info navigation pane. \[Omitted image "vtb-add-sort-criteria-displayed.png"\] Alt text: Sorting criteria displays in the navigation pane

        You can edit your sorting criteria for both Freeform and Data Driven boards by selecting the **Edit Filter and Sort** button.


**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)