Diagramming

Working with Frames

Diagramming | Working with Frames

Frames help you visualize data in different perspectives without having to manually repeat the visualization process.

Creately provides an array of frames that allow you to visualize data in different perspectives and organize your content in different formats on a workspace.

Adding Frames

  1. To access Frames on Creately, go to the PlusPlus button on the bottom-left corner of the canvas and select FramesFrames.
Add a Frame to the Canvas
Add a Frame to the Canvas
Add a Frame to the Canvas
  1. Let’s choose a Kanban Board to initialize data to visualize on this frame.
Visualize on a Frame
Visualize on a Frame
Visualize on a Frame
  1. Customize your Kanban Board using the contextual toolbar. Customize Kanban Board

  2. Add cards into the Kanban board to populate it with issues. Go to Plus ButtonPlus ButtonAll ShapesAll ShapesProject Management and select the card shape to add it to the Kanban board. You can populate the cards with data by selecting Notes & DataNotes & Data from the top-right of the canvas. Based on your workflow, the application identifies the type of frame that the shape is in.

  3. Simply drag and drop cards/issues/shapes into your Kanban board, and based on the added data, they will place themselves in the board.

Add Cards into Kanban Board
Add Cards into Kanban Board
Add Cards into Kanban Board
  1. When you update the values in the Data panel inside Notes & DataNotes & Data, the placement of the cards in your Kanban board changes.
Add Values to Cards
Add Values to Cards
Add Values to Cards
  1. Once you have visualized data on the kanban board, let’s select 2x2 grid from FramesFrames and drag it to the canvas.
Create a 2x2 grid
Create a 2x2 grid
  1. The same cards can be added to the 2x2 grid, so that you can visualize the data based on the its context. Additional data fields will be automatically added.
Add cards to 2x2 grid
Add cards to 2x2 grid
Add cards to 2x2 grid

Info: The shape of the card gets updated based on the container it is added into. As you can see, by updating the values in the Data panel, the placement of the pin in your 2x2 grid changed.

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