Project Management migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Planview Daptiv and Trello. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Trello.
Planview Daptiv
Source
Trello
Destination
Compatibility
10 of 14
objects map 1:1 between Planview Daptiv and Trello.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from Planview Daptiv to Trello is a structural downgrade, not a lateral switch. Daptiv is an enterprise project portfolio management platform with portfolio hierarchies, resource load charts, billing-rate cost calculations, time-entry tracking, and configurable workflow statuses per tenant. Trello is a lightweight kanban board tool organized around Boards, Lists, and Cards with optional Custom Fields and a limited attachment model. We map Daptiv's portfolio hierarchy to Trello Workspaces, Daptiv Projects to Trello Boards, Daptiv Tasks to Cards within those Boards, Daptiv resource assignments to Trello Members, and Daptiv Milestone due dates to Card due dates. We do not migrate billing-rate configurations, time-entry records, portfolio rollup data, custom workflow states, DeskDocs file attachments, or saved dashboards. These represent material data loss that customers must accept before committing to the migration. We deliver a written inventory of every Dashboard and Report in Daptiv so the customer's admin can recreate them manually in Trello or in a supplemental spreadsheet.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Planview Daptiv object lands in Trello, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Planview Daptiv
Portfolio
Trello
Workspace
many:1Daptiv portfolios form a multi-level parent-child hierarchy with rollup of status, budget, and resource data. Trello has no portfolio concept; a Workspace is a top-level container for Boards with no rollup capability. We map all Daptiv portfolios to a single Trello Workspace, using Portfolio name as the Workspace name and recording the portfolio hierarchy as a custom field (portfolio_parent__c) on each Board for documentation. The customer accepts that portfolio rollup data does not transfer.
Planview Daptiv
Project
Trello
Board
1:1Daptiv Projects map directly to Trello Boards. Project name becomes Board name, project description becomes Board description, project start and target dates become custom fields on the Board, and project status maps to a Label color on Cards or to the first List name. We resolve the parent portfolio reference at migration time using the portfolio_parent__c custom field. Project owner becomes a Board Member with Admin role.
Planview Daptiv
Task
Trello
Card
1:1Daptiv Tasks map to Trello Cards. Task name becomes Card title, task description becomes Card description, task start and target dates become Card due dates, and task status maps to the Card's current List position. Assignments migrate to Card Members by resolving Daptiv resource email addresses to Trello Member accounts. Predecessor dependencies (Gantt links) cannot map to Trello's model; we document them in a linked Card attachment or in a separate dependency inventory delivered alongside the migration.
Planview Daptiv
Resource
Trello
Member
1:1Daptiv Resources map to Trello Board Members by email address. We invite each resource as a member of every Board associated with projects where they have assignments. Billing rates, skill classifications, and demand-vs-availability data have no Trello equivalent and are not migrated. We deliver a resource inventory CSV with billing_rate__c and skill__c fields so the customer's admin can reference this data outside Trello if needed.
Planview Daptiv
Milestone
Trello
Card due date + Label
1:1Daptiv Milestones are first-class objects with dates and deliverables. We map milestone name to a Trello Card (creating the card if no task is associated), milestone target date to Card due date, and milestone status (achieved, missed, pending) to a Color-coded Label (green=achieved, red=missed, yellow=pending). Milestone deliverables migrate as Card description text or as a Checklist item.
Planview Daptiv
Time Entry
Trello
None
1:1Daptiv time entries track actual hours logged against tasks and resources. Trello does not have a native time-tracking structure at any tier. We export time-entry records as a CSV with fields (task_name, resource_name, hours_logged, entry_date, billing_rate, total_cost) and deliver it to the customer as a supplemental data file. If the customer uses a Trello Power-Up for time tracking (Toggl Plan, Planyway, or TimeCamp), we document the import format requirements during scoping.
Planview Daptiv
Custom Field (Project-level)
Trello
Board Custom Field
1:1Daptiv project-level custom fields map to Trello Board-level Custom Fields. Trello supports text, number, date, dropdown, checkbox, and label custom field types. We inventory all Daptiv custom fields during scoping, map them to the nearest Trello Custom Field type, and pre-create them on each Board before Card import. Custom fields on Daptiv that use unsupported types (currency with formatting, multi-select from external lists) become text custom fields in Trello.
Planview Daptiv
Custom Field (Task-level)
Trello
Card Custom Field
1:1Daptiv task-level custom fields map to Trello Card Custom Fields. The same type-mapping logic from project-level custom fields applies. Trello Enterprise allows Board-level Custom Fields that propagate to all Cards; Standard and Premium require manual Custom Field application per Card or a Power-Up for bulk application. We note the customer's Trello tier during scoping and adjust the migration approach accordingly.
Planview Daptiv
Attachment (DeskDocs)
Trello
Card Attachment
1:1Daptiv stores files in DeskDocs, a document management layer separate from task and project records. Files are extracted as binary blobs with naming conventions or metadata linking them to parent records. We extract DeskDocs files, resolve the parent Daptiv record (Project or Task), find the corresponding Trello Board or Card, and upload the file as a Card Attachment. Trello Standard allows 10MB per attachment; Premium allows 250MB; Enterprise allows 50MB. Files exceeding the customer's Trello tier limit are flagged for manual handoff.
Planview Daptiv
Resource Allocation
Trello
Card Member + Custom Field
1:1Daptiv resource allocation percentages (demand vs. availability per resource per project or task) map to Trello Board Members plus a custom field (allocation_pct__c) on Cards. We preserve the percentage value but note that Trello does not calculate load charts or flag overallocation. The customer accepts this limitation and can use Trello Power-Ups (resource planning boards) as a supplemental tool.
Planview Daptiv
Status and Workflow State
Trello
List or Label
lossyDaptiv allows organizations to define custom workflow states per tenant, which vary from the default set. We collect the complete status vocabulary during discovery, map each to a Trello List (representing workflow stages) or a Color-coded Label (representing status categories), and document the mapping table. Lists are the preferred Trello native representation for sequential workflow states; Labels are preferred for non-sequential categorical flags.
Planview Daptiv
Budget and Cost Data
Trello
None
1:1Daptiv calculates planned cost from billing rates and actual cost from time entries. Trello has no cost or budget model. We extract budget and cost data as a supplemental CSV (project_name, planned_cost, actual_cost, variance) and deliver it alongside the migration. The customer can attach this CSV to the Board as a reference document or maintain it in a spreadsheet.
Planview Daptiv
Dashboard
Trello
None
lossyDaptiv saved dashboards and report definitions are tightly coupled to its UI and data model. We do not migrate dashboards as code. We deliver a written inventory of every Daptiv Dashboard listing each chart widget, its data source object, the metric displayed, and the refresh cadence. The customer's admin uses this inventory to manually configure Trello Board overview charts or rebuild dashboards in a supplemental BI tool (Google Data Studio, Power BI, or Excel).
Planview Daptiv
Report
Trello
None
lossyDaptiv reports are stored definitions tied to the platform's reporting engine. We do not migrate report definitions. We deliver a written inventory of every Daptiv Report listing its name, object scope, filters applied, columns displayed, and grouping logic. The customer's admin rebuilds these manually in Trello Board overview or exports to a spreadsheet for ad-hoc reporting.
| Planview Daptiv | Trello | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Workspacemany:1 | Mapping required | |
| Project | Board1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Card1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Resource | Member1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Milestone | Card due date + Label1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Time Entry | None1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Field (Project-level) | Board Custom Field1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Field (Task-level) | Card Custom Field1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Attachment (DeskDocs) | Card Attachment1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Resource Allocation | Card Member + Custom Field1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Status and Workflow State | List or Labellossy | Fully supported | |
| Budget and Cost Data | None1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Dashboard | Nonelossy | Fully supported | |
| Report | Nonelossy | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Planview Daptiv gotchas
Billing rate configuration affects downstream cost calculations
DeskDocs attachment storage requires file-level extraction
Tenant-specific workflow statuses require a mapping table
Post-acquisition product lineage creates documentation gaps
Trello gotchas
Billing model uses maximum seat quantity at term midpoint
Custom Field data historically stored in pluginData
API rate limits are token-gated and can block bulk migration
Guest-to-paid seat conversion triggers on multi-board membership
Automation command runs are capped per plan and overage triggers upgrade pressure
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and source audit
We audit the source Daptiv tenant across portfolios, projects, tasks, resources, custom fields, DeskDocs attachment volume, time-entry volume, workflow status vocabulary, saved dashboards, and saved reports. We pair this with a Trello tier assessment (Standard, Premium, or Enterprise) to determine attachment size limits, Custom Field scope (board-level vs. card-level), and Power-Up availability. The discovery output is a written migration scope document listing every Daptiv object, its Trello mapping status (mapped, supplemental CSV, or excluded), and a preliminary data-loss disclosure for objects with no Trello equivalent.
Trello destination setup
We create the Trello Workspace and configure Boards matching the Daptiv portfolio and project structure. This includes pre-creating Custom Fields on each Board (from the Daptiv custom-field inventory), pre-creating Lists matching the Daptiv workflow status vocabulary, pre-creating Labels for milestone and status categorization, and inviting all Daptiv resources as Board Members by email. We configure Board permissions (public vs. private, Member vs. Admin) based on the Daptiv access-control structure. Trello Enterprise org admins can pre-configure Enterprise-level permissions before migration begins.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a pre-production Trello Workspace using a representative subset of Daptiv data (at least one portfolio with 3-5 projects and 50-100 tasks). The customer's project manager reconciles Card count, Custom Field population, Member assignments, attachment presence, and milestone date placement against the Daptiv source. Any mapping corrections (wrong List, missing Custom Field, incorrect Member) happen here and feed back into the mapping configuration before production migration begins. This step also validates that Trello attachment size limits accommodate the DeskDocs file set.
File extraction from DeskDocs
We extract DeskDocs files as binary blobs with parent-record metadata. Files are matched to their Daptiv parent record (Project or Task) using DeskDocs metadata or file-naming conventions, then staged for Card attachment upload. We generate a file manifest CSV mapping each DeskDocs file to its destination Trello Card URL (determined after Card creation). Files exceeding the customer's Trello tier size limit are flagged for manual customer handling.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Workspace and Boards first, then Cards (with Custom Field values and Member assignments), then Card Attachments (via Trello API with rate-limit handling), then supplemental data exports (billing rate CSV, time-entry CSV, budget CSV, Dashboard inventory, Report inventory). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. For large attachment sets, we run file uploads in parallel batches with exponential backoff on rate-limit responses. We do not migrate Daptiv workflows, saved dashboards, or saved reports as code.
Cutover, validation, and handoff
We freeze Daptiv writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then deliver the supplemental data exports and the Dashboard and Report inventory. We validate a random sample of 25-50 Cards against the Daptiv source (title accuracy, due date accuracy, Member assignments, Custom Field values, attachment presence). We deliver a post-migration summary report with record counts by object, attachment upload success rate, and a list of any objects that could not migrate. We do not provide post-migration admin support, Trello Butler rebuild, or Power-Up reconnection as standard scope.
Platform deep dives
Planview Daptiv
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Trello
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard Project Management migration. 2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Planview Daptiv and Trello.
Object compatibility
2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Planview Daptiv: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Planview Daptiv doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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