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The Hierarchical view represents your items in a tree format. Here is a breakdown of its structure –
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The Root node: The hierarchical view starts at the current item. This is the root node of the tree. We can explore its connected items from here.
Types of nodes: There are two types of nodes in the tree. Item nodes and Link nodes
Item node: An
item-nodeis the representation of corresponding monday.comItemin the tree. You can configure it to show required information fields using the Item Fields dropdown menu. (This functionality is covered in detail in the Customize Item Nodes section).Link node: Link nodes exist as children to Item nodes. When a monday.com item is connected to other items via a
connected boardrelation, this relation is represented as a child link-node and the relation value, i.e. the connected item is represented as its child node.
Expansion Toggler: You can control the visibility of a node’s children using the expansion toggler present just before the node.
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The Root node: In the image above, observe how the root node of the tree is represented: it is the top-level item node, identified by sharing its name with the current item on which the view is opened. i.e.
Create Banking app MVP - BetaTypes of nodes:
Item node: In the image above,observe that each of the relevant monday.com items is represented as an Item node. For instance, the nodes:
Create Banking app MVP - Beta,Login Methods,Ability to Link bank accountare all item nodes, which correspond to the respective monday items of the same names.Link node: Here, let us consider one item related to the current item.Observe the snippet below taken from the default Main Table View.The current item
Create Banking app MVP - Betais connected to the itemLogin Methodsvia the board connection namedRequires(along with two other items).
Now, observe below that in the hierarchical view, the node
Create Banking app MVP - Betahas the child link-nodeRequires, which is the name of the corresponding column. The values of this column are shown as its children item nodes. Identify that the nodeLogin Methodsis present here as a child node toRequires. (along with the other connected values).
Expansion Toggler: Observe that in the image below, clicking the
▶️icon of a node toggles the visibility of its children.
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