This Week in Impactly: Board and Calendar Views, Custom Fields, and Project Templates

This was the biggest week of public-facing changes Impactly has shipped. Three new project views, a full custom fields system, project templates, and a reshaped task list all went live.

The theme: stop forcing every team into a single way of looking at work.

Board view (Kanban)

Every project page and My Tasks now has a Board view. Sections become columns, tasks become draggable cards. Drag cards across columns to change section, drag column headers to reorder sections, and add tasks inline per column. Your view choice persists, so each team can pick the layout that fits.

Calendar view

A third view joins List and Board: Calendar, with Month and Week modes. Drag a task to a different day to reschedule, click an empty cell to create a task on that day, and let busy days collapse into a “+N more” popover. On mobile it locks to Week automatically.

Routine ghosts in the calendar

Routines now show every scheduled occurrence on the calendar, not just the ones already surfaced as tasks. Upcoming occurrences appear as muted ghost chips; click one to surface it into a real task in place. You can see what is coming, decide what to act on, and skip the rest.

Custom Fields v1

Tasks can now carry project-specific data. Ten field types are supported (text, number, date, select, multi-select, person, checkbox, URL, email, phone), defined per project or in a shared org library. Custom fields show up as columns in the list view, editors in the detail panel, and filters in the unified filter dropdown alongside Status, Assignee, Priority, and Due date.

Project Templates

Save any project as a template, then clone it whenever you start a similar one. Templates carry sections, tasks, dependencies, custom fields, and collaborators. Use `` placeholders in titles and descriptions — the clone dialog asks for each variable and fills them in automatically. Dependencies set in the template carry through to the clone.

A reshaped task list

The list view was reorganized for wider workflows. The Name column is now frozen to the left edge so you never lose context during horizontal scroll. Built-in columns and custom fields can be freely interleaved by drag, resized intuitively, and hidden through a column visibility menu pinned to the table.

Drag-and-drop polish

A polish pass hit nearly every drag surface in the app. Optimistic task creation no longer flickers: new tasks land exactly where the “Add task…” preview shows them. Multi-task drags collapse into a single “N tasks” pill, and drop indicators clearly show whether you are dropping before or after a target.

Visual refresh

A design pass aligned the topbar, search bar, project header, and task rows on a shared gutter, and rolled out a refreshed icon set across the app.

Reliability and safety

A few fixes worth calling out: bulk actions no longer include hidden selected tasks after a view or filter change (the safety fix flagged in last week’s post is now live), routine background sync works again after a brief regression, and webhook signing secrets are now encrypted at rest.