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Folders

& Subfolders

📌 NOTE: Depending on your role and permission level, this feature might not be available for your account.

A Board includes Folders, and a Folder can include Subfolders. e.g., the Employment Contract folder can include the Permanent Employment subfolder and subcontracting contract subfolders.

You can create as many folders and subfolders as you want within one board to divide your work into sections that make sense for your team.

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Create Folder

At the top of the left-hand sidebar, below the Overview button, find and click '+New Folder'.


To the right of the sidebar, you will choose the view for your folder: Table, Columns, List, Calendar, Gantt, Form, Chart and Editor.

Instead of creating a blank folder, you can also choose to import a CSV file.

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Create Subfolder

1. Hover over the folder you want to subdivide.

2. Find and click the plus sign that will appear next to the folder.

3. Follow the same principle as when creating a new folder.

4. Create more subfolders by following the same principle.


Whenever you create subfolders in ISO+, your main folders will become Parent Folders, and the first tab in that folder will turn into an overview of all the items in your subfolders. The subfolders are shown in the parent folders if you toggle the 'Subfolder Items' option to 'On'.

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Navigate the Folders

All your folders will always be in the left-hand sidebar, so it will be easy to overview them at any point.

If, however, you want a cleaner interface to get a better view of the items, you will be able to hide the folders by clicking the collapse icon next to the first tab. Clicking the same icon again will bring the folders right back.

If you wish to change the order of the folders, you can do it easily by dragging and dropping. Just click the folder you want to move and drag it to its new place.

Change the names of your folders by clicking on a folder and typing in the new one.

Folder Settings

If you click the three dots symbol on the right of your folder, you will notice a couple of other options you can do with your folders.

As you can see, here you can access your folder’s settings, rename your folder, duplicate it with or without items, move it to another board, export your folder data to CSV, import new data to your folder and delete the entire folder. When deleted, the folder will be moved to Trash.

To move a folder to another board, in the pop-up that opens up on your screen, you'll be able to decide where you want to move the folder. You can move your folder to an existing board in your workspace, or you can create one right there on the spot. When you're ready, click on the 'Move Board' button.


In the folder 'settings', you can rename the folder, change its colour and Download the content of the folder/subfolder as a CSV file or Import data from a CSV file to the folder/subfolder. 


In the 'Members' section, you’ll be able to see and search for your current folder members as well as board members. If your folder is visible, all the board members will also be folder members. However, by checking the checkboxes on or off, you will be able to remove members from the folder or add new members to the folder.


Aside from that, if you click each folder member, you will open and manage their individual permissions on that specific folder.

When you toggle "Folder is visible (default)" on, all members added to the board or parent folder will be able to see this folder.

Also, when you add new members to the board or parent folder, they will also be added to the folder.

If you toggle "Folder is hidden" on, only members who added to this folder will be able to see it. When you add new members to the board or the parent folder, they will not be added to hidden folders.

Keep in mind that hiding a folder will also limit member access to the folder's subfolders.

📌 NOTE: A user must be a member of the parent folder to be able to get access to that folder’s subfolder.


The 'Role Permissions' section will allow you to change and update folder permissions based on different roles (admin, full member, and restricted member). You will be able to quickly scan which people have which role assigned to them when you click on each role.


If you want to share a folder with people outside of ISO+, you'll need to go to that particular folder's settings and then click on Folder Sharing.

In order to share folders, you'll first need to make your board public. By default, all folders will be public when you make a board public.

When "Folder is public" is toggled on, users who are not members of this board will be able to see it. When "Folder is private" is toggled on, users who are not members of this board will not be able to see it.

In case you want to share only a certain folder with guest users, you'll need to toggle on "Folder is private" and/or "Folder is hidden" in the Members section for the rest of the folders in the board.

When you hide or set a folder to private, guests will only have access to the one folder you sent them.

When you hide a folder or set it to private, it will get a crossed-off eye next to it.

📌NOTE: After you set a folder to private (when a board is public) or hide it, it will remain private even if the board status changes.


In Folder Sharing, you also get to decide what you want your guest users to be able to do (create and edit items, post comments, etc.), copy the link, and send it to the people who need to see it.

📌NOTE: It is not possible to share just a subfolder within a board. To share a subfolder, you need to make the parent folder public, as well. If a parent folder is private or hidden, the subfolder will be, too.

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