What Does This Feature Do?

The Same Item Multiple Boards (SIMB) app doesn’t just sync items anymore — it also syncs their subitems, making cross-board collaboration even smoother.

Whenever a synced item contains subitems, those subitems will:

• ✨ Automatically appear on all boards where the parent item exists
• 🔄 Stay fully synced across boards
• 📝 Sync their updates, statuses, and supported column values
• 🧭 Give you a unified view, no matter which board you open

💡 Why This Matters

Subitems are often used to track:

• Task checklists
• Deliverables inside a project
• Steps within a workflow
• Dependencies
• Technical subtasks
• Team responsibilities

Before, these details stayed on a single board.

Now, teams across boards stay aligned because each subitem moves and updates together with its parent item.

This means:

• No more missing steps
• No more duplicated subtasks
• No more “Wait, where’s the checklist?” moments

🚀 How Subitem Syncing Works

Here’s what you can expect when using subitems with SIMB:

🔁 1. Subitems sync automatically

If an item exists on multiple boards through SIMB, any subitem you add will instantly appear on all connected boards.

📝 2. Updates sync across all boards

Posting an update inside a subitem?

Your message will appear on the same subitem in every board.

🧩 3. Supported columns sync too

SIMB syncs most standard column types for subitems, including:

• Status
• Text
• Long text
• People
• Date
• Dropdown
• Numbers
• Rating
• Email & Phone
• File
• Timeline
• Link
• And of course… updates!

⚠️ Note: Special columns like Mirror, Formula, or Connected Boards are not supported in subitem syncing.

📌 4. No setup needed

This feature is automatically included in every SIMB installation.

There is nothing you need to enable—subitems just sync out of the box.

🎯 Example Workflow

Let’s say you have:

• Board A: “Product Roadmap”
• Board B: “Engineering Sprint”

You sync the same feature request item to both boards.

Inside it, you add subitems for:

• UX design draft
• API endpoint
• QA checklist

Thanks to SIMB:

• All 3 subitems instantly appear on both boards
• Updating status on “API endpoint” in Board B updates it in Board A
• Comments on “QA checklist” sync everywhere

Everyone stays aligned—even across multiple teams.

🧠 Quick Steps (Guided Summary)

1. Add or open a synced item ✔
2. Create a subitem → it appears on all boards ✔
3. Update the subitem → it syncs across boards ✔
4. Post updates → they sync too ✔

That’s all! No extra configuration required.

💬 Still Don’t Have SIMB Installed?

You can install Same Item Multiple Boards from the monday.com Apps Marketplace anytime.

Updated on: 18/11/2025