# Add existing entries to board view
**URL:** https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811
**Category:** Ideas & Features
**Created:** [January 16, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811 "2023-01-16T09:46:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/1 "2023-01-16T09:46:17Z")
Board view is fantastic!
As well as being able to + ‘new [item]’ to a location on a board, please can we add existing items?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/2 "2023-01-16T09:59:13Z")
Given that a board view will show all existing items in a particular database, unless a filter is applied, what are the existing items that you want to add? 😕
Can you give an example of how you think it should work for the case you’re thinking about…
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### Author:  [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/3 "2023-01-16T10:20:21Z")
Sure. We have boards in smart folders, which automatically filter items. Because they’re not on the board, there’s no easy way of dragging them in.
Suggestion:
- New [item]: Allows you to search the [item] database OR create new [item]
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### Author:  [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/4 "2023-01-16T10:25:21Z")
So you want to add an entity that is currently being context-filtered out (by the smart folder)?
And by doing so, you would effectively be changing the value of this entity’s relation, i.e. changing its parent…right?
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### Author:  [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/5 "2023-01-16T17:34:42Z")
In this instance, the parent has a many - many relationship. It would be adding an entity to the relationship, not changing it.
If it were many (entity) - one (parent) relationship, then it would change it. A dialogue box (“You’re changing the relationship, do you want to continue?”) might then be useful.
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### Author:  [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/6 "2023-01-16T18:33:42Z")
Understood. We’ll note this idea.
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### Author:  [@HSinger](https://community.fibery.io/u/HSinger)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-existing-entries-to-board-view/3811/7 "2023-01-17T09:41:31Z")
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏