Integrate Trello with Forecast
Reading time: 5 minutes
Main Takeaways:
- The integration with Trello lets you import all of your boards and users from Trello into Forecast
- This is a simple migration tool, and will thereby not synchronize new data on the fly
- Users from Trello will be imported without an email address attached to them, and function as Virtual users until further activated with an email address
- To activate users, follow the guide below
Migrate your Boards and Users
Step 1: Go to your Admin Panel, and click Integrations

Step 2: Select the Trello integration

Step 3: Click Migrate

Step 4: Authorize the connection
Migration of Trello boards and users will begin and should appear as new projects in Forecast within a few minutes.
NOTE:
As mentioned above, new users imported from Trello will function as Virtual users until further activation.
Activate Users Imported from Trello
Step 1: Go to your Admin Panel, and click People

Step 2: Find the user(s) on the list, and click each person

Step 3: Enter their email address in Team member's email

Step 4: Click Invite Team Member
Step 5: Continue the process with each person
Data mapping
The integration imports data by mapping it to the corresponding Forecast entities as indicated in this table:
Trello | Forecast |
Open Board | Project |
Users | Persons |
List | Column |
Card | Task |
The data on the Trello cards is mapped to the corresponding Forecast Task in the following way:
Trello | Forecast |
Name | Name |
Description | Description |
Due Date | Deadline |
Labels | Labels |
Checklists | Todo/Subtasks |
Comments | Comments |