What Are Stages?

Stages are the steps in your workflow. On a board, each stage appears as a vertical column that helps your team track progress from start to finish.

Use stages to:

• Visualize where work stands at any moment
• Keep everyone following the same process
• Power automations or filters based on a card’s position

Example

On a leasing board, you might use stages like New Lead → Toured → Applied → Approved.

How Stages Work

• Each card sits in one stage at a time.
• Stages typically move left to right, representing progress.
• Completed work usually appears in the rightmost column (for example, “Closed” or “Done”).
• Cards move between stages manually or by automation.

How to View Stages

Each board in Aptly is made up of columns — one for each stage. You can scroll horizontally to view the full workflow from start to finish.

What You’ll See

• Column headers show stage names.