Swimlanes enable you to create an environment with horizontal lanes in addition to vertical lanes. Swimlanes use only compact cards in the task board.

1. Navigate to System Definition > Self-service > Visual Task Boards.
2. Click New and select the board type.
   • Freeform Board
   • Data Driven Board
3. Configure swimlanes in the boards as follows:
   1. In a freeform board, activate the swimlanes by sliding the swimlanes toggle in the Info tab to the right.
      
      The following figure shows a sample freeform board created with swimlanes.
      
   2. To enable swimlanes in a Data Driven Flexible board, select None in Vertical Lane Field from the drop-down.
   3. Click Next and slide the toggle under the Info tab to the right.

      The following figure shows a data driven flexible board created with swimlanes.

      
   4. To enable swimlanes in a data drivenguided board, select Vertical Lane Field and Swimlane Field while creating the board. You can also add swimlanes to the existing guided board by selecting Swimlane Field under Info tab in the board.
      The following figure shows a data driven guided board with swimlanes.